While there's truth in that, I doubt it would be easy to come up with an objective list of 'intellectually corrupt disciplines'.
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It would be interesting to try. For example, the dropout graph is a related, objective measure. http://paulgraham.com/college.html
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That's possible. But folk also drop out of tough courses - pure maths, for example. It would be interesting to see figures.
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here is some data about dropout rates at UCSC by major: https://planning.ucsc.edu/irps/ENROLLMT/july02update/GradRatesTTD.pdf …
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Interesting - and, I would suggest , rather contra to Paul's hypothesis. Mind you, I may be misunderestimating Paul.
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or to society more broadly given even "harder" things like Economics can fall into the bucket of intellectually flawed.
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in fact, as
@peterthiel pointed out in his tribute to Girard, the issue is often with Education generally.https://twitter.com/davealevine/status/844222213008113664 …
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Are you insulting my degree in Freudian Marxist Media Studies?
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The 3Cs — Conduct multivariate study. Cherrypick favorable dimensions. Cash out.
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What do you see as "intellectually corrupt" disciplines? What makes them corrupt? That's a loaded passive/aggressive statement...
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Surprise! It's the social sciences. As for literature, "just read it"



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Really,
@paulg?
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I'm glad someone is taking on those dirty kinesiologists! Seriously, though, I wouldn't attribute to malice and all that...
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Well, look at the majors of student athletes! All of us happily watch college sports while they're majoring in corrupt disciplines
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@paulg He's not talking about ALL liberal arts. Intellectually corrupt disciplines are like porn, you'll know one when you see one.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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please give an example or more of intellectually corrupt disciplines
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because they no longer teach logic
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What is the future of computer science?
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not just easy majors anymore but love to see an essay on qualifiers for 'corrupt disciplines'
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