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#372 The Unchristian Roots of STEM Education - William Fahey

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What Is the Center of STEM Education?

In the early 17th century, you see a radical shift in the university system beginning and the vision of what the purpose of education is. Francis Bacon is the first one to take this idea and turn the educational system not into knowledge but power. So if you think about the difference between the two objectives, then suddenly something like STEM and many other things that we witness in the modern academy makes sense.

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