The decay of our culture since 1941 can be measured by the fact that academic historians today are no longer interested in historical truth or interested in it only marginally; what really interests them is jobs. They match the anthropologists and geneticists who, with practiced effrontery, can say that all races are equal and there is no difference between them. There are now 'scientists' who boast they are so versatile they can prove anything, for a suitable fee, while others abuse spectroscopes to prove that a painted rag is a 'Holy Shroud,' or use quantum mechanics to prove that the old Jew-god converted mud into Adam. 'Truth' is whatever pays the most. The academicians have conformed to what is now the American ethic. Whether any nation so decadent and depraved can or should survive is a question I am unwilling to consider.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Academic culture has decayed since 1941 as historians and scientists prioritize jobs and money over truth.
- In plain terms
- Scholars now care more about jobs and money than historical or scientific truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Academic integrity declines when financial interests override truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does academia value truth?
- How do you fund research?
Another view
The date 1941 is arbitrary and the claim of decay is subjective.
More from Revilo P. Oliver
This man, a veteran journalist, held a position of importance in one of the lie-factories operated by the Roosevelt regime to keep the boobs pepped up with ent…
Permalink to quote #4 It is a truism, of course, that in 'democratic' states the populace must be encouraged to imagine that it makes important decisions by voting, and must therefo…
Permalink to quote #6 History, in other words, is just a device to be used by well-paid boobherds to drive the American cattle in bovine content to their pastures or to the abattoir.
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
'There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.'
James D. WatsonJames D. Watson quote #3 La pensee ne doit jamais se soumettre, ni a un dogme, ni a un parti, ni a une passion, ni a un interet, ni a une idee preconcue, ni a quoi que ce soit, si ce n…
Henri PoincareHenri Poincare quote #4 Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science.
Hal AbelsonHal Abelson quote #4