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DaFranker comments on Open thread for December 24-31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DaFranker 09 January 2014 01:25:26PM 0 points [-]

The issue is basically that you either agree that the first post is wrong and non-STEM careers get picked for a different reason than being perceived as being helpful or that there a way to see non-STEM subjects as more "publicly visible prosocial behavior".

Yes.