tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2460258908204234835..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Significantly; I had to leave The Establishment (or be ejected) before I became a ChristianBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25793302776741601202020-02-04T14:38:03.687+00:002020-02-04T14:38:03.687+00:00Wow. I have gone through hell in academia, too, fo...Wow. I have gone through hell in academia, too, for different reasons. <br />Regardless, touching story. You are a brave and honest man.<br />Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-21885450081087693272020-02-02T19:58:30.731+00:002020-02-02T19:58:30.731+00:00My experience was not as spectacular or notorious ...My experience was not as spectacular or notorious as yours, but it was similar in substance and timing. I published an article that gently mocked the pretensions of "critical geography" and suggested that it was a conformist cult. To prove how wrong I was, the system spat me out like a bad oyster. I actually had a book review that was in press rejected, and I was cut by people I had long known as personal friends. It may be that I could have "repented," but the degradation of repenting what I still believe was truth-telling disgusted me. The world does not look the same after you have been punished for truth-telling and refusing to lie. JMSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502377102987849260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-46211514099005945762020-02-02T19:19:19.387+00:002020-02-02T19:19:19.387+00:00@JM - So it goes. I find that most people simple c...@JM - So it goes. I find that most people simple cannot accept how indifferent/ hostile to truth is academia - including science. I suppose because truth is being regarded as something like 'exact adeherence to standard and agreed procedure' instead of 'how things really are'. A truthful academic creates exactly the same kind of panic and concerted action as would a truthful politician. Luckily for the college system, the species of truthful academics are near extinction, thus very seldom a problem. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31689678703838165942020-02-02T17:56:53.497+00:002020-02-02T17:56:53.497+00:00My experience was not as spectacular or notorious ...My experience was not as spectacular or notorious as yours, but it was similar in substance and timing. I published an article that gently mocked the pretensions of "critical geography" and suggested that it was a conformist cult. To prove how wrong I was, the system spat me out like a bad oyster. I actually had a book review that was in press rejected, and I was cut by people I had long known as personal friends. It may be that I could have "repented," but the degradation of repenting what I still believe was truth-telling disgusted me. The world does not look the same after you have been punished for truth-telling and refusing to lie. JMSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502377102987849260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80754059605682006412020-02-01T14:29:06.487+00:002020-02-01T14:29:06.487+00:00Plus ca change... “Have any of the rulers or of th...Plus ca change... “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?”Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.com