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I suspect you strongly misunderstand what humanities provide: a rounding out of one's expertise and an appreciation of the qualitative world. You seem to presu
by matttproud 9y ago
I suspect you strongly misunderstand what humanities provide: a rounding out of one's expertise and an appreciation of the qualitative world.
You seem to presume predictive power is the preeminent criterion — the only thing worth optimizing for.
- rini17 9y agoAuthor seems to disagree with you - he basically says humanities should provide better input to political discourse. Also, it's the author that started using comparisons with hard sciences. In this context I have used the "elephant in the room", something to be aware of, not necessarily to optimize for.
- dredmorbius 9y agoAuthor may also be wrong.