You've basically summarized scientists throughout America. For real, they're all like this. Tremendously smart in the niche of their field, and otherwise too big for their britches
under capitalism academic credentials get tied to class interests, so it literally pays to be deeply incurious about the world beyond one's niche expertise. all your energy gets dedicated to navigating the byzantine patronage structures that distribute funding so there's nothing left for organizing and worker solidarity.
I haven't ever lived in America but the American scientists I've met at conferences or working in other countries, while there are obviously plenty of libs among them, I think are still socialists/anarchists/cool people at a higher proportion than the population average. Do you just mean the ones who get famous?
You've basically summarized scientists throughout America. For real, they're all like this. Tremendously smart in the niche of their field, and otherwise too big for their britches
under capitalism academic credentials get tied to class interests, so it literally pays to be deeply incurious about the world beyond one's niche expertise. all your energy gets dedicated to navigating the byzantine patronage structures that distribute funding so there's nothing left for organizing and worker solidarity.
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I haven't ever lived in America but the American scientists I've met at conferences or working in other countries, while there are obviously plenty of libs among them, I think are still socialists/anarchists/cool people at a higher proportion than the population average. Do you just mean the ones who get famous?