I’d say philosophy lost its way along about Parmenides… But what this article says seems right too.https://twitter.com/Br1noCoelho/status/687553380080857088 …
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@Meaningness Is there any art or science that capture by the university system DIDN'T terribly harm?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TristanSevers Seems like it was mostly good for STEM? Which was the point. Although it did distort some aspects of it.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Yeah, my own counter-example was Chemical Engineering, but I strongly suspect there was an alternate path there too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Tangentially, somewhere there must be a book on how the uni system recaptured itself after GI Bill made it 70%+ soldiers.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TristanSevers Interesting! I did know about the impact of the GI Bill, but I hadn’t thought about the unwind1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Yeah, I only ever thought about it because I inherited some military-issued math texts and the gap vs. modern ones was jarring.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TristanSevers Huh. My father was sent through uni on the UK equivalent of the GI Bill, incidentally.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness This is usually the reply I get when I raise any criticism of the GI Bill, lol.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TristanSevers Yeah, my father & I almost never discussed politics, but he would say “socialism was good to me, so I’m loyal to it”2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@TristanSevers and I would have to say the same about capitalism—whatever its merits or lack thereof otherwise
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