Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by Ken70
Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Ken70 (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2008 01:04PM
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.44.133.220.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net)
Date: February 02, 2008 04:42PM
Does anyone else find this as repugnant as I do?
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Robb (---.gradacc.ox.ac.uk)
Date: February 02, 2008 05:01PM
Jeff Hopkins '82
Does anyone else find this as repugnant as I do?
*raises hand*
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Ben Rocky '04 (---.hsd1.dc.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2008 05:54PM
Do you mean Ken70, or the idea that Cornell should strive for a diverse faculty?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2008 05:55PM by Ben Rocky '04.
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Robb (---.gradacc.ox.ac.uk)
Date: February 02, 2008 06:42PM
I mean the idea that Cornell would spend its hard-earned alumni donations/student tuition/endowment earnings/grants won to send some of its faculty on a summer vacation boondoggle where they can pat themselves on the back while contemplating how to inject "diversity" into fluid mechanics lectures.
Yech.
Yech.
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: February 02, 2008 06:45PM
I think the article is actually about Cornell training its faculty to incorporate issues of diversity in the curriculum, which is a bit silly in subjects that are abstract enough that social issues are basically irrelevant. (The same thing came up at Loyola with service learning and social justice.) On the other hand, Ken70 clearly found that in some sort of source of fodder for his obsession of "out of control liberal faculty", and I don't think there's any point in our helping him stroke his indignation.
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.44.133.220.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net)
Date: February 02, 2008 08:20PM
I meant the BS concept of trying to force "diversity" into places where it has no relevance out of some misplaced politically correct notion.
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: KeithK (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
Date: February 02, 2008 08:37PM
I don't care whether you are black, white, male, female, whatever. In this school we obey the laws of thermodynamics.
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: RichH (76.28.11.---)
Date: February 03, 2008 12:41AM
KeithK
I don't care whether you are black, white, male, female, whatever. In this school we obey the laws of thermodynamics.
*sheepishly puts away perpetual motion machine*
Re: Cornell, Diversity, and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Posted by: Ken70 (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: February 03, 2008 09:50AM
res ipsa loquitur
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2008 10:31AM by Ken70.
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