Serge Lang: Quotes about the trip

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Serge Lang: 10 quotes 1 like

“I am bothered by the misinformation which gets disseminated uncritically through the media and by the obstructions which prevent correct information from being disseminated. These obstructions come about in many ways - personal, institutional, through self-imposed inhibitions, through external inhibitions, through outright dishonesty, through incompetence - the list is a long one.”

Serge Lang

Way , Personality , Self-confidence

“I am bothered by the way misinformation is accepted uncritically, and by the way people are unable to recognize it or reject it.”

Serge Lang

This is part of Lang's campaign in his attempt to discredit the results of The 1977 survey of the American professoriate published in 1979 by Everett C Ladd and Seymour M Lipsett. In 1981 Lang published The File: Case Study in Correction (1977-1979) which consists of copies of correspondence concerning the survey. In this quote from The File Lang sets out why he fought that campaign.

Way , People

“I am bothered by the way misinformation, disguised as scholarship, is used in social, political, and educational contexts to affect policy decisions.”

Serge Lang

Way , Education , Decision