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re: The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism
Posted on 4/20/17 at 2:58 pm to Antonio Moss
Posted on 4/20/17 at 2:58 pm to Antonio Moss
The social sciences include: economics, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, and psychology. I cannot imagine any educated person thinking these studies are useless.
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 3:02 pm to GeorgeWest
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The social sciences include: economics, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, and psychology. I cannot imagine any educated person thinking these studies are useless.
I'm mostly talking about sociology
Posted on 4/20/17 at 3:03 pm to GeorgeWest
Well the problem with social sciences is that they went from being descriptive to prescriptive.
Knowing "why" the world and people are they way they are is a good thing to know, but the minute you start telling me how the world and people "should" be, you can frick right off.
Knowing "why" the world and people are they way they are is a good thing to know, but the minute you start telling me how the world and people "should" be, you can frick right off.
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