I don't understand

[benlehman]

The amount of flack I've gotten for wanting to teach about Forge theory without arguing about it. Do people not understand the difference between a polemic and a teaching text? Or do the simply not recognize the latter as having any value?

Feh.

Comments

[apollinax.livejournal.com]

You've been getting flak from the Forge community about this? Ignore it.

Eh. You know my opinion: like most academic communities, the Forge has a couple of really insightful people and a lot of chump lackeys who can only repeat dogma. Question is, from which set do the complaints come from?

The only reason academica has lots of arguing is because there's something at stake. Specifically, the limited set of tenured positions at schools and grant dollars, which academics jockey for in a big pissing match. In fields where there's less resource pressure (e.g., engineering, CS), you see much less arguing and much more discussion.

But anyways. Teach away, man.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Nah, not from within the Forge. By and large, those guys have been very supportive. It's just that there's a bunch of people (generally, outskirts sorts) getting up my nose for not "backing up my arguments."

I'm like "What? What's the disconnect?"

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--Ben