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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Because academia has been (and is) involved in almost every major development of western society, certainly through the last 100 years?
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Now that's a statement that needs some kind of proof. Sure, philosophy has done a pretty good job about things. I mean we all owe a huge debt to John Locke (that was what... 300 years ago). But academics have a tough time actually doing anything based in reality. Chomsky has the same problem.