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Hilarious that the article is framed as a humanities vs sciences thing even though the caliber of philosophers who can get these jobs at labs are the top 0.1% i
by atleastoptimal 3mo ago
Hilarious that the article is framed as a humanities vs sciences thing even though the caliber of philosophers who can get these jobs at labs are the top 0.1% in their field, and wouldn't have trouble finding a job elsewhere, whereas you could get a good-paying job as an engineer at a relatively lower percentile.
- cliglot 3mo ago> whereas you could get a good-paying job as an engineer at a relatively lower percentile. Well, at least until recently.
- applicative 3mo agoThere are only a few thousand academic philosophers in America total. 0.1% is thus … a few
- asdfman123 3mo agoThey're doing well because philosophy majors are usually just very smart people. Not sure if the degree itself is necessarily that helpful beyond signaling intellectual competence.
- kbelder 3mo agoHow do you judge the caliber of a philosopher?