[megatherium]

All scientists must go through the leftist liberal arts university system, where they will be exposed to such garbage as Howard Zinn, Ward Churchill, and others whose sole purpose in life is to destroy the "traditional" American system.

I'm sorry, that's nonsense. I've had extensive experience in higher education, as a student or faculty at five different schools (ranging from a national research liberal arts college, to major engineering universities). It is true that professors tend to be liberal, often quite liberal. But not all professors, especially in the hard sciences. I've met a variety of conservatives in the university (and you know not a few post here on FR). Nobody asked me my political beliefs when I got my PhD. It would have been thought of as in screaming bad taste for anyone to have done so.

[Matchett-PI]

"All scientists must go through the leftist liberal arts university system, where they will be exposed to such garbage as Howard Zinn, Ward Churchill, and others whose sole purpose in life is to destroy the "traditional" American system." ~ 70 posted on 10/04/2005 2:57:30 PM EDT by Fido969

megatherium: "I'm sorry, that's nonsense"

You should have flagged Fido969. He's the one who said it, not me.