I didn’t endorse that idea and, as an academic, obviously wouldn’t. Also as an academic, I think paying people to explain themselves to you when you haven’t first shown that you have read their work by e.g. explaining why you don’t find the arguments they have already made in print convincing is not a shining exemplar of intellectually honest exploration.
I didn’t endorse that idea and, as an academic, obviously wouldn’t. Also as an academic, I think paying people to explain themselves to you when you haven’t first shown that you have read their work by e.g. explaining why you don’t find the arguments they have already made in print convincing is not a shining exemplar of intellectually honest exploration.