Current：Home > MyIntellectuals vs. The Internet -EquityZone
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
View
Date：2025-04-15 01:08:34
What good is a Humanities degree? According to two intellectuals, Dr. Ally Louks and Jason Stanley, the humanities help us better connect to other humans. According to a lot of online haters, they're worthless.
Dr. Louks recently posted her Cambridge University PhD thesis online and was piled on by a loud group of right-wing anti-intellectuals. Brittany, Dr. Louks, and Jason Stanley, a professor of Philosophy at Yale University investigate the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today.
veryGood！ (583)
Related
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- 'It's relief, it's redemption': Dodgers knock out rival Padres in NLDS with total team effort
- Lawyer for news organizations presses Guantanamo judge to make public a plea deal for 9/11 accused
- It’s not just Fat Bear Week in Alaska. Trail cameras are also capturing wolves, moose and more
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Montana businessman gets 2 years in prison for role in Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol
- Opinion: Hurricanes like Milton are more deadly for disabled people. Prioritize them.
- New York Yankees back in ALCS – and look like they're just getting started
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- North West Reveals Fake Name She Uses With Her Friends
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Prepare for Hurricane Milton: with these tech tips for natural disasters
- 2 dead, 35 injured after chemical leak of hydrogen sulfide at Pemex Deer Park oil refinery
- Why Anna Kendrick Is Calling on Rebel Wilson to Get Another Pitch Perfect Movie Rolling
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- A woman fired a gun after crashing her car and was fatally shot by police
- US Justice Department says Virginia is illegally striking voters off the rolls in new lawsuit
- Alabama averts disaster with late defensive stop against South Carolina
Recommendation
Could your smelly farts help science?
The Lands’ End 50% off Sitewide Sale Is Jaw-Dropping – $27 Flannels, $36 Rain Jackets, $44 Jeans & More
Pittsburgh football best seasons: Panthers off to 6-0 start for first time in decades
Artur Beterbiev defeats Dmitry Bivol: Round-by-round analysis, highlights
Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
A woman fired a gun after crashing her car and was fatally shot by police
Audit of Arkansas governor’s security, travel records from State Police says no laws broken
After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Bacteria and Chemicals May Lurk in Flood Waters