Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "What went wrong at Harvard | Steven Pinker | The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie" video.

@zenocrate4040 Well, if a person wants to publish, in any field, the Ivies are the ticket. Thank goodness for the University of Chicago, as well as U Michigan and Berkeley, which also open the door. The latter two are public, so it is not a $350k proposition, including living expenses and modest travel allowance for four years. What is MOST maddening is the fact that where you went to school has such an outsized effect on the rest of your life -- and it does, sadly.
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Isn't a college student an adult?
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When it helped anyone applying as a legacy, no problem?
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You understand why, correct? Plagiarism is widespread.
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Bizarre. The Soviets had outstanding physical science and mathematics education. Their engineering didn't match American, but math education surpassed it.
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@babyamyxo-o6c Full agreement. It is a travesty that they are not more careful than strictly necessary, as a matter of principle.
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@MichaelWilliamsWMA The US benefitted inordinately from the Nazis, who were given amnesty to serve in our weapons programs. The Soviet mathematics and sciences programs were essentially homegrown. There was no Soviet Operation Paperclip, etc. There couldn't be, after Barbarosa. Sputnik was, however, a surprise. It was not a tall order for Americans to match and exceed Soviet technology once they set their minds to it, though the Soviets were great, too. Just not in first place.
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Oh really?
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