fubarobfusco comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Yvain 11 October 2014 06:39AM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 11 October 2014 09:45:28PM 3 points [-]

"Humanities" includes philosophy, language, and religion; and sometimes history and law, too!

I think what is meant in the survey is specifically the creation of art, e.g. design, sculpture, music, theater, fiction, and so on.

It should be clarified, though.

Comment author: grouchymusicologist 11 October 2014 10:00:14PM 4 points [-]

Yes, it should be clarified. The main ambiguity that I was reacting to is that "art" can mean specifically visual arts or it can mean "the arts," extending to performing and literary arts. As it is, I'm not sure if my profession (scholarship concerning music) is "art" or "other."

In fact (now addressing Yvain again), why is this category called "Profession" instead of "field"? It creates some odd overlap with the previous category of "Work status" which produces a little bit of confusion per my original suggestion and fubarobfusco's reply.