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Engineering and science have an advantage, however, in that they are empirical and readily tested. Things evaluate to true or false, even if doing the evaluatio
by jf- 8y ago
Engineering and science have an advantage, however, in that they are empirical and readily tested. Things evaluate to true or false, even if doing the evaluation is difficult. In the humanities, things often come down to value judgements and mere assertions, which cannot be validated one way or another.
- Moodles 8y agonot to mention a ridiculously high percentage of humanities papers are never cited once. Never. Cited. Once. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/academic-papers-citation-rates-remler/ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/aca... Who can see this and not admit the field is in crisis?
- Balgair 8y agoDepends on what you mean by crisis. If you have a student that really needs to graduate soon, this condition is a boon.