A life of illusion is just part of the deal and probably not the worst part. Let's be honest, many people are not grounded in reality and as a result they have difficulty distinguishing reality from BS. Ideologues have taken over universities and have substituted fantasy for academics. Although the hard sciences may have been spared from some of the impact of this lunacy, even students enrolled in hard science programs are forced to take the indoctrination classes developed by the idiots in charge. While some students have the intellectual self-defense skills to recognize ideological indoctrination techniques and to maintain a grasp on reality, many give into the group pressure exerted by the nutjob mob running many institutions of higher learning.