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> It's not about one being better than the other, they both have very useful things to teach. Did you do a humanities degree and a cs degree? I did a psycholog
by mter 8y ago
> It's not about one being better than the other, they both have very useful things to teach.
Did you do a humanities degree and a cs degree? I did a psychology degree then went back to school later to get my cs degree.
The intellectual rigor just isn't there in any humanities classes because most of the students shouldn't be in college at all. Yes, there was a small handful of really smart people in psychology but most of the students were there to party for 4-5 years while their parents paid for it.
- dianeb 8y agoGeneralizations are such fun; when you say, "The intellectual rigor just isn't there in any humanities classes because most of the students shouldn't be in college at all" I think you are conflating rigor with substance. Computer Science is easy but tedious if you're a Math major as I was. On the other hand, Native American literature was anything but easy because it required the clarity of a different world view as well as being able to write about it within the reality of the "inside-outside" nature where much of the literature originates. That understanding and the ability to write well is a rigor of its own.
- overgard 8y agoI don't know, rigor is really hard to define outside of sciences, and even then, a science can be not as rigorous as others and still tell you useful things. I mean, economics isn't quite as rigorous as physics, but it's still useful. One of the hardest but most rewarding classes I took in college was creative writing. There's not a ton of "rigor" to that; a lot of it is really subjective, and even with the widely agreed upon rules, there are certainly times when it's useful to break them. But I learned a ton from that class all the same.