hearing opposing viewpoints<\/a>? \u00a0As opposed to now, where it looks like a growing number of young people are going to hear their indisputable opinions and beliefs validated and confirmed. \u00a0Of course, it could be argued that scholarship has been going that way for a while, as has our media culture in general. \u00a0We don\u2019t look for facts to challenge our beliefs. We look for facts to conform with what we already know is true.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Remember when colleges were where you went to get an education and broaden your mind by hearing opposing viewpoints? \u00a0As opposed to now, where it looks like a growing number of young people are going to hear their indisputable opinions and beliefs validated and confirmed. \u00a0Of course, it could be argued that scholarship has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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