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Are We Living in a Dark Age? Bret Speaks with Steve Patterson

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What Happened to Jerry Coyne and Richard Dawkins?

As academia has grown, you have different disciplines that are hyperspecialized. But it turns out they're not actually conceptually, philosophically, generally skilled. And when they are met with interdisciplinary criticism, they just don't have the tools available to defend themselves. The arbitrary reward structure that exists in academia awarded them something which made them feeble in old age. They weren't necessarily feeble. I can say dawkins of 19 76 really had what it took to become a great i truly believe that. but when you become successful in this modality, and that success brings you into a realm where now you're dealing with only the cream of the crop. Everybody in the cream of

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