they teach what to think, not how to think

how to seek their own conclusions, etc.

yep

which is not exactly bad for the state.

I was lucky enough that I had proffs in college that actually did teach How

for the most part, i think most teachers want to actually teach how to think, not what to think

def

i had great teachers in high school, and good professors in college. But i consider myself extremely lucky in that respect

same

probably a bonus from going to small schools and seeking out a college that was on the smaller side

i did have one college course that seemed to attempt to teach What to think though

i only had to take that one course though so i never saw it again

i was a history and poly-sci major and luckily those profs where good about teaching how not what

yea

the thing that is probably most disgusting is history. That is a subject who's whole foundation is built on how to find out the truth about the past, and its always "this is EXACTLY what happened, no questions." Rarely is history we are taught right outside the major "so a thing happened".

and by how in my experience i mean that they presented info and essentially said "you dont have to agree with this or believe this, etc. but you need to learn how to talk/write about it if that makes sense

oh def i had more flexibility in Poly-Sci than history

on the history side it was very much about learning how to research

History is interesting in that we are constantly changing what is taught based on the findings to come

the advantage of a computer science degree, much like math degrees. There is a right answer, and a set of rules. Learn the basic rules, you will find the right answer. There are better and more efficient ways of getting there, but if you follow the rules, you will find it even if you use shortcuts you learn along the way.

yea

Primary sources are a big deal in History because they are the most reliable

in comp sci, you have no choice BUT to learn how to look up the solutions to your problems. Because that is the foundation of it and its a subject where everyone is incredibly lazy, i'm sorry, i mean efficient, so no one wants to reinvent the wheel,

lol

so they dont innovate?

oh, they innovate.... when they fail to find someone with the solution already

I have a lot of respect for Archeologists because they are on the ground actively finding our history

ah

lol

usually its "well, this way works.... but i want/need to fit it in a less powerful package. Anyone figure out how to do that yet?" *research* "No? fuck. Well, how can i take shortcuts to save processing power requirements"

mind you even they cant find everythign

lol

http://www.businessinsider.com/describe-programming-in-five-words-challenge-goes-viral-2018-4

read those tweets. i have said every single one of them at one point or another.

that is being a comp-sci person in a nutshell

"meat telling sand to think" lol

"error: expected `url::Url` found `url::Url`"

this basically an exact error i have gotten, and it is maddening

lol

how?

Usually a case of having two different things with the same name

ah