James Taranto writes that Cooper Union’s Fred Siegel has answered John Tierney’s question “Is there any way to change academia?” Here it is:
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WARNING! WARNING!
Not for the faint of heart!
************************The Achilles heel of academics is their status anxiety. The only way to attack them is with
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There’s still time not to look!
Turn away while you still can!
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Why, why … how hostile! … How vicious! (ad nauseam)
(How Aristotelian.)
