haig comments on A Sense That More Is Possible - Less Wrong

61 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 March 2009 01:15AM

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Comment author: haig 13 March 2009 08:33:34AM *  2 points [-]

Isn't this a description of what a liberal arts education is supposed to provide? The skills of 'how to think' not 'what to think'? I'm not too familiar with the curriculum since I did not attend a liberal arts college, instead I was conned into an overpriced private university, but if anyone has more info please chime in.

Comment author: David_Gerard 21 February 2011 02:15:16PM 3 points [-]

That's what a liberal arts curriculum was originally intended to teach, yes - it's just a bit out of date. An updated version would be worth working out and popularising.