I haven’t been the same since I read the remarks of a certain college professor, who said students could acquire deep insights into history without having to learn any facts of history.
And here I thought Professor I.B. Loony was just a satirical buffoon.
Solving the Riddles of Ancient History: A Whole New Approach
I do remember, back in the 1990s (or was it the 80s?), an academic fad for “intuiting” things–that is, not bothering to research a subject, but just making it all up as one went along. I knew professors who actually spoke of “intuiting” as a substitute for factual knowledge.
Our culture rot has deep roots.