119 | Musa al-Gharbi on the Value of Intellectual Diversity
October 19, 2020
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119 | Musa al-Gharbi on the Value of Intellectual Diversity
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<p>In the service of seeking truth, there would seem to be value in intellectual diversity, both in keeping ourselves honest and in the possibility of new ideas coming from unexpected quarters. That's true in the natural sciences, but even more so in the humanities and social sciences, where the right/wrong distinction is sometimes less clear. But academia isn't always diverse; as an empirical fact, there are a lot more liberals on university faculties than there are conservatives. I talk with Musa al-Gharbi about why this is true — self-selection? discrimination? — the extent to which it's a real problem, and how we should better think about the value of diverse viewpoints.</p> <p><em>Support Mindscape on </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>Musa al-Gharbi received Masters degrees in philosophy from the University of Arizona and in sociology from Columbia University. He is currently a Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology at Columbia, and until recently served as the Communications Director for Heterodox Academy. His essays have appeared in outlets such as the <em>New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Magazine, Foreign Affairs, </em>Voice of America, and Al-Jazeera.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://musaalgharbi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web site</a></li> <li><a href="https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/musa-al-gharbi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia web page</a></li> <li><a href="https://musaalgharbi.com/category/analyses/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUHpDAzuiM&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=ASUSCETL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Panel discussion on Populism and Tribalism in American Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://heterodoxacademy.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heterodox Academy</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Musa_alGharbi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p><br /></p>
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