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That is what "Liberal arts education" was before academia become coopted by Marxism. Process information fast, iterate, throw away old models. And it is not abo
by t344344 4y ago
That is what "Liberal arts education" was before academia become coopted by Marxism. Process information fast, iterate, throw away old models. And it is not about "faking being an expert on field" but finding true experts, and being able to use their skills.
- gwoolhurme 4y agoI don't think there is anything Marxist about the current "Liberal Arts Education"... As well as, at least in my observation a lot of people I know who graduated from philosophy, and arts are good critical thinkers. I am not sure this is a fair statement.
- t344344 4y agoTry to ask your friends some very difficult question, like "what is the definition of woman?". I am saying that current education does not give people tools to use LLM and AI. They will spend most of time on problems like "not being racist" or "looking for systemic bias". Others without this baggage will run circles around them, and eat their lunch.
- pjc50 4y agoWasn't that one of Socrates' early examples of definitions not being as simple as they seem?
- notahacker 4y agoI imagine Socrates had more to say on the subject of what a woman was than Marx...
- gwoolhurme 4y agoI would ask you. Can you define a woman? Let’s make it less heated, can you describe a chair? I can’t easily at least. Is it something you sit on? Does it require legs? To define a woman is equally difficult. Take some time to think about it. Tech should take more time to think about racism, and bias. All of this by the way is not Marxism. I’ll grant you that the culture war is toxic, but with good faith try to understand where things are coming from. I understand from a conservative perspective some things are obnoxious. That doesn’t mean that liberal arts are not critical thinkers, or Marxist. In fact I would argue they are in some ways better at critical thinking vs the STEM fields.
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- ben_w 4y agoGiven your other comment [0], what was the definition of "woman" that you grew up with? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35053608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35053608
- notahacker 4y agoLike the critical thinking skills involved in not believing silly propositions like "academia became coopted by Marxism" simply because all your favourite hacks insist it is...
- awestroke 4y agoDo you have any idea what you are talking about?