Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
by joeclark77 on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:38PM
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I'm referring to "soft sciences" like social work, psychology, sociology, [grievance] studies, poli sci, etc, as opposed to the humanities: history, mathematics, philosophy, classics, fine arts, etc.
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Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
by dragonwriter on Monday June 15, 2015 @07:17PM
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> I'm referring to "soft sciences" like social work, psychology, sociology, [grievance] studies, poli sci, etc, as opposed to the humanities
Race/ethnic/gender/subculture (what you seem to call "grievance") studies are humanities (academic disciplines that study human culture) not sciences (soft or otherwise.)
Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
by chiaro on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:19PM
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Not sure what you mean by grievance studies but most of those, besides being quite important, fit under the humanities label. Mathematics on the other hand, probably not.
Re:What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
by joeclark77 on Monday June 15, 2015 @06:59PM
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Most of those would be classified as "social sciences", not humanities. It has to do with the methods and philosophies they use. Grievance studies is my nickname for "_____ studies" where the "_____" is the name of some census checkbox.