Hah-rumpfh. [-X [daughter of college professor gets up on soapbox]
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I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on "psuedoscience" and conspiracy theories
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Fill in the blank:
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...racism.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the rise of the Nazis.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the Holocaust.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the modern rise of white supremacists.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the KKK.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...eugenics.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...human cloning.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...women's rights.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...gay rights.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...abortion.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...fetal rights.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...manned expeditions to Mars.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...interstellar flight.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the military-industrial complex.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...the Black Sea/Noah's Flood theory.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...plate tectonics.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...theories of Stonehenge.
- I am surprised a college would be hosting a lecture on...theories of the Great Pyramid.
This is an important part of what colleges
do, people--they open the door to Big Ideas on behalf of the student body (and also on behalf of the community at large in which the college exists), whether the Big Idea in question happens to be part of the current cultural mainstream or not. Plate tectonics used to be considered outrageously woo, too, remember? As did human cloning. "Total sci-fi. Never happen." Ditto "landing a man on the moon". And the Black Sea/Noah's Flood theory.
And sometimes it costs $1,500 to get the door opened to a Big Idea, so folks can come in and browse.
I wouldn't consider that money "wasted", any more than I'd consider money spent on bringing in the Grand Dragon "money wasted". Where else are students gonna have an opportunity to hear his ideas at first hand, in a non-confrontational setting, with no editing, so they can make up their own minds?