The argument against the humanities is generally not "I'm better than you because I do math and you read books and math is better than reading" but "I'm better than you because I can objectively prove I'm better at doing math than you, whereas you're not any better at reading books than me because the discipline of academic study of literature is empty puffery".
Those statements seem to both tie into the idea that math and hard sciences give more worthwhile truths than those that come from philosophy.
I don't think you're an Anti Elitist (tm), but your most recent posts have been about a peculiar sort of elitism, so in they went.
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Date: 2008-07-24 12:14 am (UTC)The argument against the humanities is generally not "I'm better than you because I do math and you read books and math is better than reading" but "I'm better than you because I can objectively prove I'm better at doing math than you, whereas you're not any better at reading books than me because the discipline of academic study of literature is empty puffery".
Those statements seem to both tie into the idea that math and hard sciences give more worthwhile truths than those that come from philosophy.
I don't think you're an Anti Elitist (tm), but your most recent posts have been about a peculiar sort of elitism, so in they went.