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Sayre’s Law #392

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jsolly opened this issue Aug 13, 2022 · 0 comments
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Sayre’s Law #392

jsolly opened this issue Aug 13, 2022 · 0 comments

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jsolly commented Aug 13, 2022

• Sayre's law states, in a formulation quoted by Charles Philip Issawi: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake." By way of corollary, it adds: "That is why academic politics are so bitter."

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