But that is no more remarkable than the fact that people on the political left instinctively head for occupations in which their ideas do not have to meet the test of facts or results. By contrast, no area of academia is more dominated by the left than the humanities, where there are no facts to challenge the fantasies that abound.
Leftists head for similar fact-free zones outside of academia.
Philanthropy, for example, is another field in which facts take a back seat to beliefs and emotions. When you are handing out money, you call the tune. It doesn't matter if other people have the facts on their side if you have the big bucks on yours. When the foundations put their money behind bilingual education or global warming, then all sorts of conferences, organizations and movements will emerge to carry forth their message. Leftists flock to foundations, including those set up with money donated by conservatives.