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Metus comments on Open thread, Dec. 1 - Dec. 7, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FrameBenignly 01 December 2014 07:08:06PM 3 points [-]

I may write a full discussion thread on this at some point, but I've been thinking a lot about undergraduate core curriculum lately. What should it include? I have no idea why history has persisted in virtually every curriculum I know of for so long. Do many college professors still believe history has transfer of learning value in terms of critical thinking skills? Why? The transfer of learning thread touches on this issue somewhat, but I feel like most people on there are overvaluing their own field hence computational science is overrepresented and social science, humanties, and business are underrepresented. Any thoughts?

Comment author: Metus 01 December 2014 07:34:15PM 5 points [-]

Nerds tend to undervalue anything that is not math-heavy or easily quantifiable.