Academic knowledge has no application when it comes to real life.
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education shows how academics go through their education learning the intricacies of the subject they teach. Still, it seems that once they receive their Ph.D., many people quickly discover that all this knowledge has no application in the real world and instead of helping the society, it only makes its members more alienated from it. This is probably one of the biggest problems scholars face today, and it has roots in many different areas, but we can single out two primary ones: The first problem that academics typically deal with is the lack of social relevance of their knowledge. When people go to graduate school, they are very enthusiastic about studying, likely because it truly interests them. However, once they receive their degree and look for a job outside the academy, they discover that very few companies are keen on hiring people who have no experience dealing with real-life problems. When this happens, people are force...