[lit-ideas] Re: Philosophy in China

On 4/29/06, Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 

As much as everyone else's anecdotes, but probably a lot more.


Actually not. The anecdotes offered by Omar, Andreas and myself
counter a familiar prejudice, that people with English (or other
humanities) degrees are, ipso facto, helpless dreamers doomed in a
marketplace that prefers "useful" knowledge. Your anecdote reinforces
it. In information-theoretic terms ours add more information than
yours.

Which reminds me of a conversation I had with my daughter who chose to
major in English at the U.S. Naval Academy, a primarily science and
engineering school. I asked if this might damage her career. She said,
"No. The top general in the Marine Corps is an English major." So see,
business isn't the only area in which humanities BAs can excel.

Cheers,

John

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John McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd.
55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN
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