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Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by motogpjimbo on Saturday April 27, 2019 @01:46PM (#19766695)
Is that what the arts and humanities graduates serving my coffee in Starbucks are generating - culture?

Don't conflate culture with those who study it. The vast majority of non-STEM graduates generate no activity of either cultural or economic significance. All such degree programmes could be dropped tomorrow with no detriment to society.

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Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by mythrwy on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:38PM (#19766948)
And possibly even a net benefit to society as many of these degree programs have become little more than people believing they are highly educated because they have been trained to hold certain cultural and political opinions.
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Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by SantalBlush on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:10PM (#19766823)
>All such degree programmes could be dropped tomorrow with no detriment to society.

That is such an outrageous and untestable claim that it is basically meaningless.

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