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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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