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SAT Reading: Determining Eisenhower's Implicit Views on the Relationship between Academia and Government 0 Views


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Ok last question in this Eisenhower series. You're almost there. This time we're going over Eisenhower's thoughts on academic research instead of just the military as usual.


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00:02

all right last Ike here we go you can't confer

00:06

[mumble] research and government investment should be what ok [text on screen]

00:10

well the correct answer yeah it's just being wary that's what they should be

00:13

eisenhower warns about the domination of the nation's scholars by federal [writing on blackboard]

00:18

employment project allocations and the power of money all right well then he

00:23

says an equal danger is that public policy could itself become the captive

00:28

of a scientific technological elite oh boy I quarrel I've today I wonder if he

00:33

would realize that we are in a technocracy now the democracy is kind of [ puppet politicians]

00:37

gone well he doesn't think the two mix well regardless and the US needs to [chemical explosion]

00:41

watch out for that yeah so they should be wary if Eisenhower feels that

00:44

academia and government have a bad influence on each other while he can't [government texting]

00:48

be in favor of stronger coordination he's seeking a balance in all things he

00:53

doesn't necessarily want to reduce funding but he wants both of them to

00:56

remain in their own sphere he also doesn't think the day of the solitary

00:59

inventor is returning ever sadly he knows that kind of progress or lack [welder]

01:05

thereof is inevitable well by Ike

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