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> “Classics graduates are also likely to have superior reading and writing skills compared to a typical CS graduate.” “Typical” might be doing a lot of work th
by fossuser 6y ago
> “Classics graduates are also likely to have superior reading and writing skills compared to a typical CS graduate.”
“Typical” might be doing a lot of work there. I wouldn’t buy it in the general case.
- musicale 6y agoClassics programs generally require more evaluated prose writing, as well as text reading and analysis, so it is reasonable to assume that they would yield benefits in actual writing skill. However, it would be interesting to have some data to compare, for example GRE writing scores of Classics vs. CS graduates.
- fossuser 6y agoI don't mean to come across as overly harsh or partisan against liberal arts majors. I think the content is often interesting. I just think it should be taken along side a technical major too. I do have a bias against overly flowery language that obscures meaning, and tend to find that more often comes from the less technical side of the academic spectrum: http://www.paulgraham.com/talk.html http://www.paulgraham.com/talk.html
- musicale 6y agoI assume you haven't read many academic papers in CS? ;-) That's a bit of a joke. Clarity is of course a primary virtue in all forms of academic writing, and one that is often ignored either unintentionally or in an attempt to impress one's reviewers and/or to signal one's membership in a particular tribe.