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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not entirely true. There are still publications out there that won't touch the subject matter, institutions that will attempt to move out faculty who research such content, and members of the academy that will go out of their way to discredit and blackball others who pursue this subject matter. This is just as toxic as being a cryptozoologist or a paranormal researcher in most institutions. Tenure is the only thing that keeps people who pursue these topics on faculty. Academia is filled with close-minded curmudgeons who have lost the curiosity that drove them to the library in the first place.
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Why would Academia be different than any other group in society?
And Truth needn't fear adversity - if/when there is actual evidence of extraterrestrial life, it would not be denied or repressed, it would be celebrated like nothing before.