drdesert wrote:Sparky of SoCal: College professors are pretty smart too, but they still buy into all sorts of dumb crap. It could be that they're just going along with the politically correct SJW culture that has infested our institutions of higher learning, but most of them seem to believe in climate change caused by humans, the Russian hacker hoax, college rape epidemic, and all sorts of other bullshit theories that aren't supported by legitimate facts. It seems like they should speak up and insist on a careful analysis of the facts, but you never hear a peep out of them except when they virtue signal to other liberal airheads.
FUNDING FOR RESEARCH - College professors are trapped by the system. Controversial college professors do not get grants and other funding for research. Many would like to speak out, but that would put their careers in jeopardy. So, most stay silent and the only ones who speak out are the ones who agree with the SJW/liberal agenda. Without dissenting voices universities slowly, but surely keep drifting further and further to the left. It's a very unhealthy situation, but if you're a professor who has a choice between bucking the system and getting funding for research that you think will have a positive impact on society, you're in a bit of a quandary, but most believe that their research is important and choose to protect themselves from loss of funding. Even tenured professors are not immune to the effects of loss of funding.