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Episode 259: Losing Time ("Tár" with Paul Bloom)

Very Bad Wizards

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The Misguided Argument to Force Professors to Be Assholes

I think professors under academic freedom with some extreme limits have a right to be somewhat rude and insensitive and shocking. I sometimes think that's bad teaching, but we shouldn't force them to conform to our rules. It seems as if just at the very least there are logistical problems that would make this a non-starter like what you weren't about and when and how you enforce it. The response on Twitter mostly consisted of people telling you that clearly you didn't understand the science.

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