The core purpose of the university is the pursuit of the truth, the core purpose of administrators is then to make sure that mission can be unimpeded for those engaged in it. In particular, an administrator should make sure that mission is unimpeded by faculty, staff, and students who impede the work and learning of their peers.
References:
https://hxstem.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-president-alivisatos
https://voicesagainstantisemitism.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-the-usc-academic-senate
https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1786521204750512197
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Pardon being away for a bit! I'm back with a humdinger, a new study showing the palpable bias in social sciences!
References:
https://x.com/Theory_Society/status/2033604101896806649
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11186-026-09690-2
Science magazine has a contributor finally starting to ask good questions. How would you answer them?
References:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg1977
https://www.aaas.org/news/task-force-releases-vision-american-science-and-technology
There's been lots of discussions about universities, but what are the underlying virtues a university should encourage in students?
References:
https://hxstem.substack.com/p/are-bad-researchers-bad-people
A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines the fraction of children with asthma that is attributable to gas stoves in the home. Interesting take, but there are a few things worth pointing out.
The YouTube version of the episode will be up tomorrow morning!
Article reviewed in this episode:
Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
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The new one on the actions of “Affinity Groups” is quite interesting, but you can only get it as a paying subscriber! Go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f9q192oAAwAiKCjCC6Edv?si=0b_flngGQliFxK7I_d5N6Q
There will be no content over Thanksgiving week since I'm off on vacation. Happy Thanksgiving all!
