Every academic field requires the humanities and social sciences, which is why philosophy is considered the "mother of academia." After all, where would we be if we never stopped asking why, or worse, what if we had never asked why in the first place? — Christopher
"Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia." — Christopher
Every academic field requires the humanities and social sciences, which is why philosophy is considered the "mother of academia." — Christopher
Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia." — Christopher
He drunkenly stated, "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia." — Christopher
I have no regrets studying literature and social sciences. Academia is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. — Bitter Crank
Academia is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. — Bitter Crank
I wonder if you are asking a range of questions that can take us in many directions; there's epistemology, values, the role of education, unexamined metaphysical positions... — Tom Storm
picking wisely what you choose to study. — apokrisis
Many theories may not be useful now, but once we understand the mechanisms of the semiology between all academic fields, we can better understand the blueprints of the future. — Christopher
why are you quoting drunks — Bitter Crank
In vino veritas (truth in wine).
He drunkenly stated, "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia." — Christopher
I like the sewer analogy, nice! — Agent Smith
One particular bit of advice which I recall
Which is the reason I bring up this whole dreary story
Is something he said once before they took him away
To the Massachusetts state home for the bewildered
He said, "Life is like a sewer
What you get out of it depends on what you put into it"
It's always seems to me that this is precisely
The sort of dynamic, positive thinking
That we so desperately need today
In these trying times of crisis and universal brouhaha
cost/benefit question.
What is your brother's goal? — Bitter Crank
apples to oranges. — Agent Smith
But does this really matter? — Tom Storm
justification than others. — Tom Storm
value of studying courses taught in that anti-Enlightenment spirit. — apokrisis
Freud was a crackpot. The interesting part of the story is why his “theories” resonated with the cultural mood of his times. Or more accurately, the generation that followed — apokrisis
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