And, imo, it was the faux 'institutions of higher learning' in Australia who killed [true] intellectualism, in Australia.





Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Sep 16^th, 2019 at 9:41am:



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longweekend58 wrote on Sep 18^th, 2019 at 7:54am:




Ironically, longweekend58 statement, is correct, imo !


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ARGUMENT;
It is not honest, to describe as an 'intellectual' or to describe as an 'academic', any person or any 'church' of persons,
...who seek to pontificate on what truth may be spoken in the public square,
...who seek to shun and reject all scepticism [coming from outside of their 'church'],
...who seek to shut down all debate, where such debate, may undermine their own 'intellectual' positions and professional authority.


Let us all bow down to the High Priests, of scientific enquiry in Australia !


sceptic = =
1 a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.     a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist.
2 a philosopher who denies the possibility of knowledge, or even rational belief, in certain spheres.



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WWW search....
CONVERSATION web site - to ban climate deniers


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- wiki




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www.theaustralian.com.au                  WWW search


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Kenny is right.   ....and correct too.         

Australian academics and intellectuals,       intellectually,       are akin to masturbaters.


i.e.
"We're doing just fine!"

"We have constructed an unassailable hypothesis, and we will not entertain any other views being expressed or examined, which does not agree with our expert opinion!"

"And we don't need any further outside input on that particular issue thank you."




Intellectuals ?

Resident, within Australian universities, 2019 ?

BULL SHITE !







intellectual = = of, relating to, or appealing to the intellect.     having a highly developed intellect.


academic = = of or relating to education and scholarship.


impersonate = = pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud.



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QUESTION;




Truth is almost always a casualty, when it competes with the mercenary self-interest of men.



"I don't like sherrifs. They're elected. Their goal is being re-elected, not the truth."
- Temperance Brennan [character]
Bones - The Boy in The Tree

Somebody waffled, at length:

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Dunno, look at those who cannot accept the obvious fact of AGW. See them all the time on Twitter. AFAIK it is fear of change. 99.9% of deniers are conservatives.

Why it is dying out? The media, specifically the Merde-och media and the ABC, driven by attacks and budget cuts to not having the time or money to employ learned commentators.

That what you think an intellectual is? Wow!

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 21^st, 2019 at 3:10pm:



Look at those social 'gatekeepers' today, online,         who are removing access to public online forums, to those who express an opinion which disagrees with their own worldview.


Twitter, YouTube, FB, The Conversation, et al.

I think its colloquially called, 'DE-PLATFORMING'.



Within      PUBLIC      universities, 'safe spaces' have been established, in order to protect sensitive souls from being offended, by others speaking to truth, about the practices of some group, or by speaking 'bluntly' about some topical issue.


Where is the rigour, of open public criticism and open public scrutiny ?

Snowflakes may melt !



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Yadda said.....
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Yadda wrote on Sep 21^st, 2019 at 5:01pm:

Some people speak complete and utter sh!t though and people believe them because they have the gift of the gab, they seem intellectual to some, to others they are up themselves wankers.