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An academic Great Gatsby Curve – How much academic success is inherited?

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33 points nabla9 | 6 comments | 21 Dec 24 14:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source | bottom
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77pt77 ◴[21 Dec 24 16:22 UTC] No.42480503[source]▶
It's the Mathew principle all the way down.

Actually it's a bit worse, in the sense that if you exhibit competence without the "appropriate pedigree" all you'll get is punishment.

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1. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[21 Dec 24 17:00 UTC] No.42480749[source]▶
Yep, this. Another reason why the left has lost all public trust in institutions. Too much of elitism and connections.
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2. 77pt77 ◴[21 Dec 24 17:02 UTC] No.42480760[source]▶
This is completely general and independent of left/right liberal/conservative dualities.
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3. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[21 Dec 24 17:47 UTC] No.42481037[source]▶
Not quite. Almost all academia and universities are left leaning. It directly falls on the left's head that people lost trust and faith in these institutions.
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4. Ma8ee ◴[21 Dec 24 18:08 UTC] No.42481149[source]▶
No, the right seems to very happy with elitism and connections.
5. thefaux ◴[21 Dec 24 18:19 UTC] No.42481235{3}[source]▶
You really don't think that reactionary conservatism is not a factor too? Clearly the left has problems with excessive purity demands (just like the right) but I can't accept institutional failure as solely the fault of one side.
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6. gotoeleven ◴[21 Dec 24 19:04 UTC] No.42481497{4}[source]▶
What do you mean by reactionary conservatism being a factor? "Reactionary conservatism" holds next to zero sway in academia. Do you mean reactionary conservatives are to partially to blame for academic institutional failure because they don't trust those institutions (left wing) product, when they should? Trust and respect are earned so you can only be wrong, dumb, and silly for so long before you lose it. I'm struggling to think of a single sociopolitical idea that has come out of academia recently that has been clearly positive. I can think of many negatives.