re: #397 b_sharp

Had I been a bit more directed and a little less waffley in the early ’80s, I would have become a humanities prof.

re: #398 oaktree

Ah, that explains the survival of those departments… fodder!

Serious note:

I consider the study of history and literature to be essential (which should be clear from all my other posts). I have no beef at all with the fields. In fact it is my very firm belief that if Americans valued history in particular, they would have a sense of cause and effect. They would remember things like when Thatcher and Reagan were all for taking action about climate change. They would understand the pitfalls of populism and particularly, populist, religious, political movements that are led by the ruling, moneyed class. If people respected literature and culture, they might be less apt to want ot kill each other by noticing that humans from whatever background are more alike than different. That said, however high minded and true to my heart that sentiment is, I still firmly want to believe that I could not produce viable offspring with a teabagger female and that indeed, tebags really are another species - a sort of morlock if you will.

Joking:

We are taught in graduate school (right after second semester quantum field theory) that a proper physicist must do his or her best to frighten humanities people as frequently as possible.