# In an in-depth interview, Professor Jonathan Haidt underscores the importance of free speech and diverse viewpoints at universities

1 Faculty News February 3, 2016 ![Minding the Campus logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/mindingthecampus192x144.jpg?itok=KLrPRX80)>

Excerpt from [Minding the Campus](http://www.mindingthecampus.org/2016/02/a-conversation-with-jonathan-haidt/) -- "...I’ve never felt that social psychology is first and foremost about changing the world, rather than understanding it. So my field is certainly still fixable. I think that if we can just get some more viewpoint diversity in it, it will solve the bias problem."

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