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To: Lane3 who wrote (2169)	7/25/2005 10:34:48 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540807

Formal education was what I was referring to. That much was obvious. Of course, I know street thugs who have more "education" than most of the armchair liberals glued to SI every day.

To: Lane3 who wrote (2169)	7/25/2005 10:38:45 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540807

If you surveyed the academic world and measured the number of years of education and university-level teaching/researching experience combined, I think you would find a majority that is relatively more liberal. I don't have the hard data to prove that, however. The kind of people who end up in certain jobs probably says more about their pre-education predilections than the impact of how many years they hit the books. I don't know what the statistical correlation is between the number of years of postgraduate education and liberal/conservative leanings among the populace at large outside one particular profession. No doubt the data is out there if someone wants to ferret it out.