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I completely agree with mo42. There are so many research universities (including Auburn University), that encourage students to perform research as an undergraduate. This guy is just whining--he claims that there is a problem with universities because museums display paintings because people like them. First of all, why would a museum display something that nobody cares to see. Secondly, he proposes no solution to the "problem" that we're facing.
I do believe that there is a dumbing down of the culture when we watch the news, and they portray events in an oversimplified manner. We see political ads all the time making outrageous claims based on a small piece of information, and people still believe that crap! But to say that universities aren't teaching students to learn on their own shows that the writer of this book isn't paying attention to what's really going on. I have always been encouraged to draw conclusions based on facts I find myself, whether I was in a history class, a science class, or an English class. I'm glad I got to read this article so that I could really come to know how useless "intellectuals" are.
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