“So you’re a saboteur.” He scoffed. “Now you’re being truly ridiculous. This isn’t about politics, not in the slightest. This is about scholarship.” “And you think scholarship is completely removed from politics?” To his credit, Preston seemed to genuinely consider this, fixing his gaze on some obscure point on the far wall for a moment. When he looked back at her, he said, “No. But ideally it would be. Scholarship should be the effort to seek out objective truth.” Effy made a scathing noise in the back of her throat. “I think you’re deluded in even believing there’s such a thing as objective
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So… What is she getting at here? Does she think because we can never truly know the absolute truth that we shouldn’t try our best?
What is the point of scholarship to her? What does she think people are *doing* in school?
Truly, this is one of the stupidest characters I think I’ve read.
