Politically Correct Physics
1996 Course Offerings at the
Scientific and Technical University
for Politically Intelligent Development
About S.T.U.P.I.D.
We are an equal opportunity university specializing in higher-order
thinking skills that provide students with raised consciousness, empowerment,
and self-esteem. We are especially proud of our inclusionary policies which
empower all members of society, regardless of differences in ability and
background. For example, we were the first university in North America
to ensure that every traffic sign on campus was not only printed in at
least 5 languages, but is also marked in Braille. We are proud of our diversity
and require gender and ethnic diversity from every student. All students
accepted to S.T.U.P.I.D. are guaranteed passing grades and a succesful
graduation as a right. All students applying to S.T.U.P.I.D. are guaranteed
admittance as long as our modest tuition requirements and entrance fees
are paid - and we work hard to help students get the federal and state
grants they deserve to attend our university. Competition is out - all
classes operate on the principles of cooperative learning, self-directed
learning, learning-to-learn, and active learning. This is facilitated by
our well supplied computer and multimedia labs, now with Super Sega CD
and Enhanced Super Nintendo. S.T.U.P.I.D. - the ultimate adventure in modern
education.
Funding for S.T.U.P.I.D. is generously provided by the
taxpayers of the United States. Most of our budget comes from the $80 million
a year our newly founded Medical College receives from the U.S. government
to not produce any more physicians. Our Department of Physics also receives
$10 million a year in Federal grants to not produce any physicians.
P101 - PC Freshman Physics: Toward a Higher Awareness
Traditional Eurocentric physics must be excised if students
are to achieve higher consciousness. The restrictive ideology of Newton,
with its emphasis on action and reaction, is exposed as reactionary propaganda,
used for centuries to oppress people and institutionalize fear and hate.
The prohibitive, traditional "laws" of physics must be rejected in favor
of new models that foster tolerance, empowerment, and social justice. Under
the old order, radical conservative forces have imposed "conservative"
laws restricting the use of energy, mass, momentum, and electrical charge.
Rather than conserving such forces and powers, they must be increased and
made available to all people, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Students are instructed in the revolutionary New Physics and are encouraged
to promote awareness through demonstrations and other media events.
P115 - Contributions of the Vertically Challenged in Physics
Startling new evidence confirms that most great physicists
were vertically challenged (or "short," as bigots are wont to say). Unfortunately,
repressive social norms forced many scientists to strive to appear vertically
gifted in order to maintain credibility with the masses. Some never publicly
came out about their true vertical orientation, but were still privately
active in the vertically challenged subculture. This course examines how
the vertically challenged status of Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Bohr, and
many others contributed to their success as scientists.
P116 - Quantum Mechanics: Contributions of Indigenous Peoples
Most textbooks on physics, written by the ruling Eurocentric
white male class, have completely ignored the fundamental contributions
of indigenous peoples toward our understanding of quantum mechanics. This
course seeks to rectify past wrongs by focusing on the achievements in
quantum mechanics of peoples such as the Aleutian Indians, the Australian
Aborigines, and Karen tribes of Thailand. Extra credit and reduced homework
loads are available to members of oppressed groups.
P221 - White Male Oppression in Nuclear Physics
For centuries, white males have used the rhetoric and the
tools of physics - especially nuclear physics - to suppress other classes.
Bigoted labeling of subatomic particles, such as "negative" for the charge
of the electron or "uncharmed" for some quarks, implies that some particles
are better than others, which in turn is used to strengthen repressive
norms of racial and gender inequality. Students will explore more holistic
approaches to physics and learn how to turn physics into a New Age tool
of class struggle to overthrow oppression.
P287 - Feminist Cosmology
The Big Bang Model is exposed a purely male paradigm, deliberately
replete with male sexual symbolism in order to deny empowerment to women.
A more progressive feminine cosmology, the Gentle Nurturing, is offered
to replaced the male Big Bang theory. The Gentle Nurturing model views
the origin of the universe as lengthy period of gradual gestation, followed
by steady nurturing, rather than a sudden eruption. The male originators
of the Big Bang theory are examined critically for their role in maintaining
an oppressive order through the manipulation of physics. The new paradigm
shows that we are part of an interconnected cosmic entity which must be
further nurtured and protected from the harms inflicted by the radical
right.
P326 - Advanced Psychophysics
This specialized course for physics majors only teaches students
to achieve high levels of cosmic awareness by tapping into the universal
consciousness that engulfs us all. Such higher order thinking skills are
developed by cooperative quantum reconstruction and self-directed neural
empowerment sessions with the assistance of Tarot cards, Ouija boards,
energy crystals, and altered states of consciousness. Students not only
develop their psychic gifts, but learn how to effectively market them in
fields such as Celebrity Counseling, Political Psychotherapy (including
tips on White House protocol), and Forensic Psychozoology (using psychic
gifts to identify which corporations have harmed protected species). Teaching
assistants are available in the form of personal spirit guides.
P331 - Gaia, the Atomic Mother
Past studies of Gaia as the self-regulating life force of
mother earth have been too narrow in their vision. A new framework for
physics shows that Gaia originates at the atomic level, where each atom
is alive and connected to the cosmic consciousness, directly influencing
universal karma. This breakthrough in human consciousness, finally accessing
the astral energies of the atom itself, reveals the horror of man's sins
against nature in the twentieth century. Splitting the atom, for example,
is now seen as the ultimate act of violence. Our assault on the atomic
world may account for much of the clash between man and nature, including
the recent escalation in lightning strikes. This course will show students
new approaches to life and energy to heal the wounds we have inflicted
to the atomic world, including the damaged self-esteem to electrons and
other particles afflicted with judgmental labels by bigoted scientists.
Prerequisite: P221.
The Scientific and Technical University
for Politically Intelligent Development is a fully
accredited non-profit institution of higher multicultural learning. The
University is an Equal Opportunity institution, working to provide equality
and empowerment for all. Reactionaries and members of oppressor classes
need not apply.
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