[MD] The Academy is Evil! Here's what I'd do instead...

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Ian]
The first is to recognise that it is not rigidity per-se that is the problem,
before looking for a solution to the wrong problem. The stuff you are
characterizing as rigidity is SOMist objectivity...

[Arlo]
Can you give me some examples of how this manifests as a problem, and how
"flexibility" is the answer? 

How would you fix this?

[Ian]
... academics make a little headway here and there, but the collective is in
the Giant's grip. 

[Arlo]
How would you fix this?

[Ian]
A preposterous arrogance that by building logically on what we already "know"
we make progress - Doh! 

[Arlo]
Solution?