Sunday, November 16, 2008

Week 11 - Muddiest Point

I do not have a muddiest point related to technology or this class this week.

My muddiest point has to do with academics that have a degree or specialization in one field who think that it qualifies them as an expert in other fields. Why are they so common?

Also, why is it that half the books and articles we have had to read this semester are about things that seem to me to be mind-numbing, staggeringly common-sensical, but which are advertised(?) as new and exciting fields of inquiry and development?

1 comment:

Dr. Pickle said...

Because tenured faculty enjoy the sound of their own voices and love to quote themselves, also the pressure to publish warps the system a lot.