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> "when will we ever use this stuff in the real world." No. The complaint is more "why are we studying this instead of something else", and the various values
by cbd1984 12y ago
> "when will we ever use this stuff in the real world."
No. The complaint is more "why are we studying this instead of something else", and the various values of 'something else' have made a better case than Literature has.
Not just practical utility, but mind-expansion (pure math), understanding the world (history, especially recent history), and understanding fellow human beings (sociology and psychology).
- lotsofcows 12y ago"understanding fellow human beings (sociology and psychology)" You just defined fiction.
- cbd1984 12y agoIf you said that the purpose of fiction was to help us understand others, you'd have a lot of authors very mad at you.
- anonbanker 12y agoI eagerly await a list of some of these authors.