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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 4242169, member: 93416&quot;]Myself, am proudly not a member or associate of any faculty, but I have friends and acquaintances who are, and who well understand the points I make.&nbsp;&nbsp; But let me tell you some (I judge) informative stories about the workings of modern Academic life as I have observed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets start with my understanding of a academic internet group XXX.&nbsp; Associated with CCC faculty Prof YYY.&nbsp; The guys there are on a mission to oppose Hindu nationalism in academia.&nbsp; OK - I have no problem with that in itself.&nbsp; But it becomes a problem when the site is used to spread misleading ideas about the (scientific) accuracy of Ancient Hindu weights.&nbsp; So I spoke up on that matter, and was expelled. Soon after a member of British Museum staff supported my point, he told me he was expelled too.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the academic moderators of that group tried to block my membership of another academic internet group, ZZZ, but I initially got past that. Anyhow, a disagreement broke out there concerning something to do with King David’s temple. Senior academics, including one AAA, seemed to me to be excessively sarcastic to their less esteemed opponents. So to even things up I posted what I judge to be a relevant important error in Kletter’s work on 7th century Judean weight standards. Again, I was immediately expelled. I attempted to remonstrate with the faculty DDD Prof, and moderator, AAA. My recollection is he had no interest in the facts – he just repeatedly asked the same question as you – Who am I? What faculty did I belong to?</p><p><br /></p><p>Then my recollection is I got into private discussion with someone who had clashed with AAA in the past. The fellow was a prospective PhD candidate. My recollection is that he told me that AAA had contacted his PhD advisor, and who had had in turn instructed the fellow to cut out the criticism or damage his career prospects.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scholarship should surely be a debate about the truth, and not a place for what might best be called thuggery. And the problem with modern academic life is not a general sort of thuggery, it is the turning of a blind eye to it. Far too many modern academics tend their own chickens, ducking important and contentious issues, both about the facts,&nbsp; and the way facts are being treated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I fear a new Dark Age is dawning. The Enlightenment is being replaced by an Endarkenment. Am certainly not alone in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>PS Ha! Get to know me better and I might fill in some of the blanks concerning names and faculties. But for now, well, there are well known stories about some of these folk threatening litigation to defend their “scholarly” positions</p><p><br /></p><p>PPS Perhaps there are people on CoinTalk who find my books useful from time to time? I hope so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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