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GenThePerservering

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9. I wouldn't assume any professional is actually well educated

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #7)

Tue May 2, 2023, 12:59 AM

May 2023

many now consider the humanities, particularly literature, to be a waste of time. It's why so many of them seem like such dimwits outside the narrow scope of their 'profession'. The humahities actually teaches one to THINK and not just memorize.

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