There is a certain kind of "equality" taught in the universities.
And it's bogus.
Does the fact that one can find similarities suggest that the items are the same? Does the fact that there are different cultures mean that all of them are equally worthy, or successful?
Both science, and society, seem to have generalized that view.
Such is postmodernism, and secularization.
1. "Lying deep in [Thomas Henry] Huxley's personality and acting as foundation for his views on educational reform was an aesthetic principle: the design of
unity in diversity. His research on board H. M. S. Rattlesnake manifested the search for (or imposition upon) unity among the various animals netted and examined: among Ascideans (e. g. sea-squirts), Cephalopoda (e.g., squids and snails), and, of signal importance, his discovery of parallels between adult jellyfish and embryonic vertebrates. Later, he devoted himself to the revelation of
unity among diverse mammals, e.g., apes and human beings."
The Huxley File § 12 Unity in Diversity
2. The term 'university' is thought to be a composite of the words 'unity' and 'diversity.'
When one attends a university, he/she is supposed to be guided in the quest to find unity in diversity- namely how the diverse fields of knowledge, e.g.,. the arts, philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics, etc., fit together in a unified picture of life. Not the case.
The modern university has not only abandoned this challenge....but has reversed it.
3.
Instead of universities, we now have pluraversities, strange institutions that deem every viewpoint, no matter how ridiculous, just as valid as any other.
Of course, there is one exception: religion. It is the one viewpoint that is considered intolerant and bigoted on most college campuses.
Geisler and Turek, "...Faith to be an Atheist," p. 19.
4. When confronted with
the dogma of Left, be aware of self-defeating statements...those that fail to meet their own standards. An example would be the ubiquitous 'there is no real truth, no absolutes.' Really? In that case the statement defeats itself, and cannot be true. It's like someone saying 'I can't speak a word of English'....in English.
a. Our postmodern culture is rife with such statements like
'all truth is relative'....which must be relatively false. Imagine college professors offering as truth, 'there is no truth.'
b.
"There are no absolutes'....are you absolutely certain of that? "It's true for you, but not for me"...Is that statement true just for you, or is it true for everyone? Try saying that to the police, or your bank teller, or the IRS.
Geisler and Turek, Op.Cit.
c. The roots of
postmodernism can be traced to the anthropologist Franz Boas, who, in
an effort to study exotic cultures without prejudice, found it useful to take the position that no culture is superior to any other.
Thus was born the idea of
cultural relativity. The idea spread like wildfire through the universities, catapulted by the radical impetus of the sixties. ready and willing
to reject "the universality of Western norms and principles."
Bawer, "The Victim's Revolution"
5.
If we do not teach right and wrong...what shall we expect?
“In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” C. S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man, " p.35.
So....all ideas in science are not equally good, nor are all cultures equally good.
Only the simplest folks, with the most perfunctory of insights believe them to be.
Hopefully, graduates will be able to demolish the shackles of relativity and return to the values of our founders.
