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The "education" provided in college that extends beyond being good in a particular field is not the right place to get that type of education. It amounts to bra

The "education" provided in college that extends beyond being good in a particular field is not the right place to get that type of education. It amounts to brainwashing and is extremely dangerous. Also, that side of the education is not the primary reason most people go to college and it is not what is typically advertised or thought of as its purpose. I really wish college was more focused on just accomplishing its purpose. As it is now, they are forcing everyone to learn their ideas of wisdom. This is the equivalent of promoting and teaching a specific religion along with your career training.

minikites 11y ago
How is the learning the liberal arts brainwashing? The entire point of a broad education is the exact opposite, it teaches you how to think and what to think about: http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in... > And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone day in and day out.
- AnimalMuppet 11y ago
  > How is the learning the liberal arts brainwashing? In theory, it's not. In practice, though, liberal arts in many colleges gets tied up in "political correctness" and other junk, and winds up containing a fair amount of what might be considered brainwashing. > The entire point of a broad education is the exact opposite, it teaches you how to think and what to think about That's exactly why it's a perfect vehicle for brainwashing. I can make a pretty good attempt at brainwashing people under the guise of teaching them how to think and what to think about - if I'm so inclined. There's an element of the left that wants to win the argument, not by having better ideas, but by silencing the other side. (The right has these types as well, but they seem to be more prevalent on the left.) Teaching university kids "what to think about" is a perfect chance to exclude the other side from the realm of what thoughts are worthy of being thought. Now, there are also professors who are excellent liberal arts teachers, who are teaching what liberal arts are really supposed to be, and that is very valuable. But don't kid yourself, there are also professors who are using liberal arts to indoctrinate.

minikites 11y ago

How is the learning the liberal arts brainwashing? The entire point of a broad education is the exact opposite, it teaches you how to think and what to think about: http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in... > And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone day in and day out.

AnimalMuppet 11y ago
> How is the learning the liberal arts brainwashing? In theory, it's not. In practice, though, liberal arts in many colleges gets tied up in "political correctness" and other junk, and winds up containing a fair amount of what might be considered brainwashing. > The entire point of a broad education is the exact opposite, it teaches you how to think and what to think about That's exactly why it's a perfect vehicle for brainwashing. I can make a pretty good attempt at brainwashing people under the guise of teaching them how to think and what to think about - if I'm so inclined. There's an element of the left that wants to win the argument, not by having better ideas, but by silencing the other side. (The right has these types as well, but they seem to be more prevalent on the left.) Teaching university kids "what to think about" is a perfect chance to exclude the other side from the realm of what thoughts are worthy of being thought. Now, there are also professors who are excellent liberal arts teachers, who are teaching what liberal arts are really supposed to be, and that is very valuable. But don't kid yourself, there are also professors who are using liberal arts to indoctrinate.