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Referencing my earlier comment [0]. Caplan never says that the arts a waste of time. Refutes your view [1], main points are that this is an idealistic view; tha
by Kaveren 8y ago
Referencing my earlier comment [0]. Caplan never says that the arts a waste of time. Refutes your view [1], main points are that this is an idealistic view; that enrichment requires willful participants which many if not most students are not, enthusiastic teachers, and good material. Says he loves the "useless" knowledge personally.
There's a reason that there's not much societal interest in many humanities topics covered in college outside of it. It's just apathy.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19440353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19440353
[1] https://youtu.be/kCLGURUubzc?t=1893 https://youtu.be/kCLGURUubzc?t=1893