Applying this reasoning to the real world would mean choosing a career without bothering to find out what sort of salary and lifestyle it supports; but things in the real world are almost never balanced in this sense. (Many people, in fact, do not do this research, which is why colleges turn out so many English majors.)

It would have been worth noting that there are valid criteria for choice of university courses other than these. As it is, this section looks rather philistine.