Posts about: public rudeness

Other professions don’t tolerate public rudeness. Why do academics?

Other professions don’t tolerate public rudeness. Why do academics?

A few years ago, when conferences were still public events, I was midway through giving a paper when someone shouted out “You’re wrong!” – but offered no further elaboration. When I tell this tale to non-academic friends, they are typically horrified. Such public rudeness would not be tolerated in their workplaces, they say. Yet some […]…