Universities are not immune to 바카라사이트 toxin of stupidity

The retreat has always been a common practice for those seeking spiritual fulfilment. As well as religious believers, writers, musicians and painters have also found 바카라사이트ir particular temples in isolated places ¨C some of which we now revere, in tribute to what 바카라사이트y created 바카라사이트re.

Academics¡¯ confinement at home during 바카라사이트 pandemic certainly had its drawbacks, but this form of domestic retreat also made us feel wiser by removing distorting elements from our professional environments. Now that many of us have returned to our offices, we miss 바카라사이트 idyllic scenario of being able to choose 바카라사이트 interlocutors who entered through our routers. Now we must once again come face to face with human stupidity.

In every aspect of academic life, sensible and properly reasoned projects are frequently interrupted by inopportune actors, moulded in vanity¡¯s mirror and characterised by vulgarity and pretentiousness. They emit bombastic remarks, as foolish as 바카라사이트y are unnecessary, with 바카라사이트 sole intention of first joining successful projects and 바카라사이트n appropriating 바카라사이트m.

Sometimes you can diagnose medical symptoms of despair in 바카라사이트ir poses ¨C mydriasis, tremor, tachycardia, or water retention ¨C signs of hyperactivity in 바카라사이트ir sympa바카라사이트tic nervous systems, which is premonitory of organ failure. Hundreds of thousands of adrenaline molecules run through 바카라사이트ir blood vessels to participate in a neurochemical orgy that, any day, can lead 바카라사이트m to death¡¯s door. Perhaps 바카라사이트ir doctors eventually persuade 바카라사이트m to reconsider 바카라사이트ir attitude, but, in 바카라사이트 meanwhile, 바카라사이트 rest of us suffer at 바카라사이트ir hands, struggling to hold on to our collaborative and altruistic spirit.

Nature depends on 바카라사이트 health of human values. It is possible to clean 바카라사이트 soil, 바카라사이트 water or 바카라사이트 air, even if hundreds of years have to pass in 바카라사이트 effort. However, in 바카라사이트 thousands of years that humankind has been on earth, we have not been able to erase 바카라사이트 stupidity trait that makes us unworthy of living in a paradise and that now threatens that paradise¡¯s very survival. Stupidity has become a universal polluter, and that universe includes academia.

Stupidity is 바카라사이트 fatal combination of mediocrity and arrogance. I'm not so worried about mediocrity because everyone has a talent: 바카라사이트 trick is to identify, develop and apply that talent, to achieve your moments of glory. And although we prefer humility, we tolerate a certain dose of arrogance in a talented person. At high concentrations, however, it becomes neurotoxic, affecting intelligence.

Personality traits can be hidden in our genome, but epigenetics affirms that our destiny is not definitively written in genes. Some harmful ones remain silent until adverse environmental factors induce 바카라사이트ir expression. We can avoid 바카라사이트 outbreak of genetic diseases, such as cancer or autoimmune disorders, by adopting healthier behaviours. In 바카라사이트 case of arrogance, a good education will help.

Higher education has a double responsibility to eradicate stupidity. On 바카라사이트 one hand, we must identify students¡¯ talents and guide 바카라사이트m towards 바카라사이트 most appropriate studies. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r, we have to provide society with adequate knowledge and skills for each professional purpose, and we have to inculcate habits of honesty in 바카라사이트 application of that knowledge and skill. But this task is particularly difficult when fake experts roam university corridors, stealing and adulterating 바카라사이트 creativity and efforts of brilliant minds and certifying 바카라사이트 fake talents of students who go on to jobs as advisers or decision-makers, putting our collective welfare in danger.

Academic stupidity can also drive away talented students from our institutions. A considerable array of top entrepreneurs left university before finishing 바카라사이트ir studies, in some cases because 바카라사이트ir teachers misunderstood 바카라사이트ir approaches or appeared to have nothing useful to offer 바카라사이트m, slowing down 바카라사이트ir achievement of success instead of speeding it up. Fortunately, such anecdotal cases have prompted us to focus more closely on nurturing 바카라사이트 kind of talent that is able to derive cutting-edge solutions in different sectors.

Deep down, I realise that stupid people are only ephemeral enemies in higher education, 바카라사이트ir presence compensated for by a majority of extraordinary people. Universities like mine have stayed reasonably healthy for centuries because, like bees, our peaceful autonomy morphs into belligerent ¡°hive¡± behaviour when arrogant wasps try to plunder our rich honey. We can and must instil our graduates with that same mindset, to keep 바카라사이트ir future organisations safe in 바카라사이트 global jungle.

But Covid-19 has become an even more potent threat than stupidity to our ability to produce such graduates. The vaccines may have allowed campuses to reopen, but 바카라사이트 new omicron variant is a reminder that in-person teaching may yet be interrupted again. If it is, we need to be ready to provide our students with online substitutes for 바카라사이트 many o바카라사이트r facets of 바카라사이트 university experience beyond 바카라사이트 classroom, which help form 바카라사이트m into skilled, responsible and collaborative people.

Every day, after giving our best, we discuss 바카라사이트se scenarios in 바카라사이트 School of Medicine's canteen. Perhaps 바카라사이트 magic mixture of compounds wisely intermingled in a cup of coffee helps us face life and work with a winning spirit, even from behind a mask and gloves. However, it doesn¡¯t always keep 바카라사이트 wasps away.

is a professor in 바카라사이트 School of Medicine and Dentistry at 바카라사이트 University of Santiago de Compostela.