Comment Re:Yep, pretty much this (Score 2) 574
"You want liberal arts and the humanities because you _can_ teach critical thinking"
You're delusional and ignorant if you think that only liberal arts teaches critical thinking. I suppose you have the belief that scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians (STEM peeps y'know) are unthinking little better than robotic entities who mindlessly plug formula in or twist dials without a thought for the implications of what they are doing or the world around them. No critical thinking whatsoever, no knowledge of history, no knowledge of politics, etc. We need counselors, philosophers, psychologists. musicians, etc. to tell the STEM children what to do, isn't that about it? The most critical thinkers I've met happened to be the STEM peeps. You don't hear much from them because they are busy making the world, instead of prattling on about it.
You're delusional and ignorant if you think that only liberal arts teaches critical thinking. I suppose you have the belief that scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians (STEM peeps y'know) are unthinking little better than robotic entities who mindlessly plug formula in or twist dials without a thought for the implications of what they are doing or the world around them. No critical thinking whatsoever, no knowledge of history, no knowledge of politics, etc. We need counselors, philosophers, psychologists. musicians, etc. to tell the STEM children what to do, isn't that about it? The most critical thinkers I've met happened to be the STEM peeps. You don't hear much from them because they are busy making the world, instead of prattling on about it.
