I unironically endorse this.https://twitter.com/FischerKing64/status/1470523608397017092 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tom Tomsen
This is what I thought because linear algebra wouldn’t likely be suggested by anyone who knows some math and humanities. It’s just pulling out math “brands” performatively. I suspect he heard ML uses linear algebra so tada must be a weeder topic or otherwise useful? It’s neither.https://twitter.com/TomTomsen5/status/1470597008528347139 …
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I assumed it was because those two are the second-stage weed-out courses in engineering. A lot of people take calculus and algebra, but then it splits & only the STEM people go on to multivariable and linear. So those 2 are right there at the fork in the road.
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But all that said, I have actually reconsidered this since endorsing it a few minutes ago. In my experience, genius STEM nerds doing humanities are often far worse & more dangerous than midwit humanities people doing humanities.
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I think the real answer is to somehow just fix the humanities by fixing schools & incentives, not by impose these arbitrary gating requirements on them. The idea in the OT strikes me as having massive potential for bad unintended consequences.
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The humanities, as an exploration of the human condition, are enriching for everyone. The problem is the academic job market, which is a whole different ball game in my view. Yeah, lack of weeder classes isn’t the problem there.
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