Many academics I see online are leftist whereas many laypeople I see online are right wing.

  • NaiveOP
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    2 hours ago

    what do you mean when you say “reality has a liberal bias”? I have heard another person saying that too but I did not get that.

    • BigPotato
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      1 hour ago

      The reason that there are less ‘right wing’ people in academia is that academia usually involves research and understanding of the world and its systems and most ‘right wing’ opinions do not hold up to investigation. So, therefore, reality itself appears to have a liberal bias as opposed to admitting you’re wrong about anything.

      That’s the root of it, basically.

      For the record, I agree with the statement, for what it’s worth.