disinterested science

[Carl Remick]

Re Jim Baird's comment concerning whether MIT is apolitical:  Looking at
a preening apologist for capitalist excess like the celebrated Paul
Krugman (of MIT's economics department), it's hard to see how MIT can
today be considered an unworldly Nerd Central.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Baird [mailto:jlbaird3 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 10:30 AM
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Subject: Re: disinterested science

  MIT was basically a development
>center for business.  
>

I'm reminded of Chomsky's comments that he's been able to get away with 
what he said over the years even though he's been in the maw of the 
Military Industrial complex because since MIT is just a "technical 
school", they don't care as much about politics as at a finishing school

for the ruling class like Harvard.  Was that your experience?

Jim Baird

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