tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post3183882989819014051..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Lack of Rigor in the HumanitiesClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-41589198413763367302012-05-01T11:12:57.310-06:002012-05-01T11:12:57.310-06:00I am troubled that I have yet to have a college st...<i> I am troubled that I have yet to have a college student admit to knowing what that equation means.</i><br /><br />That <i>is</i> troubling.<br /><br />I mean, I learned that one in high school physics...<br /><br />Of course, when I was in high school they still taught you things (and not so long ago, as I graduated in 1991).Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-49867060239589767392012-04-30T14:22:00.330-06:002012-04-30T14:22:00.330-06:00Even communists used to believe in absolute truths...Even communists used to believe in absolute truths. See this description of the Sokal hoax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affairClayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-67106120847931671272012-04-30T14:06:23.313-06:002012-04-30T14:06:23.313-06:00I've been following a blog called "100 Re...I've been following a blog called "100 Reasons NOT to Go To Graduate School", and it has given me a dim view of humanities research. Although many of those points apply equally well to STEM disciplines as well, it has only reinforced my dim view of the STEM academia.<br /><br />And I say this, as someone who has a PhD in mathematics.<br /><br />This isn't to say that literature is valuable--I certainly will want to expose myself, and my children, to a wide variety of literature--it's just that, I generally don't trust what academics have to say about literature.<br /><br />Sadly, the same is true of history as well. Communists and their ilk have done a lot to really mess up academia, haven't they?Epsilon Givenhttp://epsilon-power.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com