Not long ago, I was talking with an acquaintance, interestingly enough they were in school studying psychology, and as a liberal arts major also had their fill of philosophy. As, I discussed various topics with them, I could see they were well-read and obviously knew a thing or two about many subjects. When I noted they had a psychology text book with them at our local Starbucks, I asked them;
So, what branch of psychology most intrigues you so far, I know it is a HUGE subject, I like the topic myself, but I feel there is so much more than just learning the names of dead white men who had ideas which seem so obvious, that I don't feel it's fair to even give them the credit, as many of those are all natural thoughts that anyone with an active mind would consider, but I have the same charge for the study of philosophy, everyone so interested in citing the names of past period philosophers, that they forget what topic they were on.
Well, with that said we both have a laugh. He admitted that he was not too keen on what Freud or Nietzsche had to say, but did enjoy Greek philosophy, and how people thought, how the mind worked, and even how to program artificial intelligence to mimic the processes of the human organic brain. Okay so, now we were getting somewhere, and maybe such an individual with that sort of mindset and curiosity might really be able to do something great in the world in the future.
One thing that bothers me, and I feel for some of these college students who pay tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to get a liberal arts degree is that all they do is learn and rote memorize what others have thought of, rather than thinking for themselves. Really, if someone just wanted to learn all the textbook definitions, and all the names of famous people they could go on to Wikipedia and do that without paying $220 per textbook, or going to class to listen to a professor who probably won't stop the lecture to answer their questions.
Indeed, one thing that also bothers me is; what good is a liberal arts degree? Some people say it's important to go to college so that you can learn how to complete what you start. I think that rationale is baloney, along with the rationale that getting a liberal arts degree teaches you how to think. Indeed, by my observations it teaches you how to take tests and memorize information. I'm not sure you need to pay tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to do that. Of course that's just my personal opinion but I thought I might bring to your attention.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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So, what branch of psychology most intrigues you so far, I know it is a HUGE subject, I like the topic myself, but I feel there is so much more than just learning the names of dead white men who had ideas which seem so obvious, that I don't feel it's fair to even give them the credit, as many of those are all natural thoughts that anyone with an active mind would consider, but I have the same charge for the study of philosophy, everyone so interested in citing the names of past period philosophers, that they forget what topic they were on.
Well, with that said we both have a laugh. He admitted that he was not too keen on what Freud or Nietzsche had to say, but did enjoy Greek philosophy, and how people thought, how the mind worked, and even how to program artificial intelligence to mimic the processes of the human organic brain. Okay so, now we were getting somewhere, and maybe such an individual with that sort of mindset and curiosity might really be able to do something great in the world in the future.
One thing that bothers me, and I feel for some of these college students who pay tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to get a liberal arts degree is that all they do is learn and rote memorize what others have thought of, rather than thinking for themselves. Really, if someone just wanted to learn all the textbook definitions, and all the names of famous people they could go on to Wikipedia and do that without paying $220 per textbook, or going to class to listen to a professor who probably won't stop the lecture to answer their questions.
Indeed, one thing that also bothers me is; what good is a liberal arts degree? Some people say it's important to go to college so that you can learn how to complete what you start. I think that rationale is baloney, along with the rationale that getting a liberal arts degree teaches you how to think. Indeed, by my observations it teaches you how to take tests and memorize information. I'm not sure you need to pay tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to do that. Of course that's just my personal opinion but I thought I might bring to your attention.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
Articles University© 2011
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