Academia charges a tax on society to credential people for white collar jobs and hates, hates, hates when that is said out loud.
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If programming had been discovered before monasteries absolutely no one would design a CS curriculum to resemble a monastery.
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I am not using "monastery" as a crypto-criticism. I love monasteries. I would not recommend them to everyone at age 18 by default.
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@patio11 I like to think that mine actually taught me how to research and critically assess things. Not the computer-related major though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 Maybe you're generalizing a bit too much from your own experience. Not true e.g. for medicine, engineering and natural sciences.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 You should read@bryan_caplan for an academic's (similar) views on thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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