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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by zitterbewegung on Friday February 23, 2018 @10:05PM (#16451395)
I studied philosophy in College but got my CS degree. I think some guy called Paul Graham did so too. I think philosophy is useful for detecting if someone is lying to you or doesn't know what they are talking about. It does stress critical thinking in different ways than say studying math (I also studied math also).

I can't really take what he is saying though at any serious level though and I don't believe what he is saying at all. I think that this story is to grab headlines.

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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by smt88 on Friday February 23, 2018 @10:14PM (#16451429)
> philosophy is useful for detecting if someone is lying to you

What do you mean? What did philosophy teach you about lie detection?

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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by mythrwy on Friday February 23, 2018 @10:42PM (#16451511)
Ah, you caught him. You must also have taken philosophy.
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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by zitterbewegung on Friday February 23, 2018 @10:57PM (#16451573)
Asking the right questions and seeing how people view the world.
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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by cre8 on Saturday February 24, 2018 @02:57AM (#16452264)
I major in Math, so which did you think was more interesting?
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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by zitterbewegung on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:29PM (#16468203)
I took Math and Philosophy (and studied higher math like Category theory and Knot Theory). I don't think one is more interesting than the other. I love them equally.
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Re:Mark Cuban says studying philosophy may soon be worth mor... by loblollyboy on Friday February 23, 2018 @10:47PM (#16451528)
Also?
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