Humanities Disciplines

RedEyedAbyss

It bugs me that most of the subjects studied in the humanities are nigh untestable in the real world. This particularly irks me in regards to economics, in which the well-being of the world relies on unreliable models. That's not even getting into the sheer dogma that plagues such humanities subjects, in which people have a vested interest in believing one model works and the others don't. It's all so decidedly unscientific.

Partially I bring this up because I'm taking a philosophy of mind course in my next year, but I read that much of it has been rendered obsolete by neuroscience. This made me question how much of philosophy is actually useful, or if it is just as Karl Marx said, masturbation.

Tnu1138

My god I love Humanities i'm tryign to resist the urge to take every single class it has to offer.

Myrmidon

You can't do anything with philosophy. It does something with you.

Magus

Take the arts instead. We'll always need actors.

Stormtroper

@OP: Me Too.

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RedEyedAbyss

I have been finding the prospect of acting, particularly voice or stage acting, attractive, mostly due to the catharsis factor. I've seen many introverts completely transform into a flamboyant, hammy extrovert on stage.

Tnu1138

i've always found it attractive. i went through Theater Arts for six years.

LouieW

Sorry, it looks like I misinterpreted Abyss_Worm's original post.