drethelin comments on Mistakes repository - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Dorikka 09 September 2013 03:32AM

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 09 September 2013 05:32:19AM 13 points [-]

Majored in philosophy. I don't think I learned much worthwhile and it's makes it harder to get a job.

Comment author: drethelin 09 September 2013 05:35:45AM 4 points [-]

harder than having not gone to college or than a better degree?

Comment author: MileyCyrus 09 September 2013 05:52:09AM 5 points [-]

A philosophy degree is definitely better than nothing. But I should have used that time to major in something more lucrative.

Comment author: VAuroch 03 December 2013 12:34:44PM -1 points [-]

Potentially, but you may also have lost significantly in A)happiness and B)rationality. I think this may be more an issue of Harmful Options than actual significant utility loss.