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		Juliate 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They're Killing the Humanities on Purpose Rigor is not enough to build durability and sustainability. You learn that when you learn to build structures. It's not even metaphorical.

holowoodman 49 days ago [–]

Wordplay isn't an argument. You learn that when you actually do engineering.

Juliate 48 days ago | [–]

Humanities are far, far more than "wordplay".

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