Current：Home > ScamsIntellectuals vs. The Internet -Elevate Capital Network
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
Fastexy View
Date：2025-04-11 03:15:39
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！ (25)
Related
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's NSFW Halloween Decorations Need to Be Seen to Be Believed
- Stellantis recalls nearly 130,000 Ram 1500 pickup trucks for a turn signal malfunction
- Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues
- Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
- What’s next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?
- Search for missing 22-year-old Yellowstone employee scaled back to recovery mission
- Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate ‘go back where you came from’ in forum
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Curbside ‘Composting’ Is Finally Citywide in New York. Or Is It?
Ranking
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Costco says it cut prices on some Kirkland Signature products in earnings call
- Barbie releases new doll for Diwali to 'celebrate the power and beauty of diversity'
- Some children tied to NY nurse’s fake vaccine scheme are barred from school
- Man charged with murder in death of beloved Detroit-area neurosurgeon
- Boy Meets World's Maitland Ward Details Set Up Rivalry Between Her & Danielle Fishel
- How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team
- North Carolina native Eric Church releases Hurricane Helene benefit song 'Darkest Hour'
Recommendation
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
Man fatally shoots his 81-year-old wife at a Connecticut nursing home
NFLPA calls to move media interviews outside the locker room, calls practice 'outdated'
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Spring Forward
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team
What's in the new 'top-secret' Krabby Patty sauce? Wendy's keeping recipe 'closely guarded'
Costco says it cut prices on some Kirkland Signature products in earnings call