Those who aren't in it for the money won't tell you that they aren't in it for the money. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It takes some humanity to feel sympathy for those less fortunate than us; but it takes honor to avoid envying those who are much luckier.

Most "humanities" profs have minimal erudition; they spent their time studying THEORIES made by other profs. Universities killed humanities

It was confidently believed that the scientific successes of the industrial revolution could be carried through into the social sciences, particularly with such movements as Marxism. Pseudoscience came with a collection of idealistic nerds who tried to create a tailor-made society, the epitome of which is the central planner. Economics was the most likely candidate for such use of science; you can disguise charlatanism under the weight of equations, and nobody can catch you since there is no such thing as a controlled experiment.