/lit/ - Literature

>>19439120

You'll be fine. Reject Moralizing; Embrace Formalism.

>>18560242

based

Could be worse

>>17022970
If true then whitepilled

>>16476948

a lot of the "literate"/interested in philosophy people that i meet are just STEMlords who are insecure about being called a brain dead incel

>>15378100

>>14003103

>>13975377
Just keep going until you're so qualified that they just give you a comfy academic job

>>13966110
Continuing on this same topic. Once I was talking with my grandfather, who was a Lutheran minister. Everyone that knes him commented on how wise and learned he was. He had commented on some Somalians that had moved into our neighborhood and I mentioned to him "...isn't it funny that all of the children raised in Muslim families turn out Muslims, all the Jews turn out Jews, and all the Christian's turn out Christian? But you claim that we are both lucky to have been born into the "True Religion", how could you respond to a Muslim claiming the same thing?" (I'm not sure my retelling is getting the point across accurately). He responded that he never thought about it like that and would have to get back to me. He was 75 and never considered that people outside of his religion might believe in theirs in the same way as he did. I've spoken to several other elderly people and they've said the same thing, they were octogenarians that legitimately never questioned the narrative that they had been raised with, they just took it for granted. Just the thought of people walking around intellectually undeveloped since kindergarten, living their lives and raising children shocked me. I've met enough extremely smart people to know that I ought to be humble about the extent of my own capabilities and to realize that I'm average at best, but even then, some people I meet make being humble very hard. Like, if I'm just average, I am horrified to imagine that half of people are dumber than me and I'm a fucking retard. I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I guess that it is that you should have low expectations for people that aren't curious in matters they really care about

>>13907853
stemfags are soulless bugmen.

>>13564056
based stembros

everyone in this thread praising stem is an under 20 retard

>To say that God is what God is in himself precisely in that absolute nothingness in which God is not God himself means nothing other than to consider ecstasy as applying to the existence of God as well as of man

>>12607538

12606950 here. Because:

1. You'll spend plenty of time reading and writing.
2. Trust me when I say you will become significantly more articulate and you will basically learn the strategy to win every argument possible.
3. Look, honestly law might not be for everyone, but it seems to me that it goes perfectly with specific types of /lit/izens, for example: (a) if you are one of those who are really into political philosophy there is no way you aren't at least a little interested in the legal system of your country; (b) For people into classical languages you will be learning some Latin no matter what specialty you choose; (c) If you are specifically really into the Romans then law is definitely for you. Roman law is pretty much the basis of civil law and significant chunks of common law too. You will learn quite a lot about the Romans at least in countries with civil law, You can become a Roman law professor if you really enjoy the subject.
4. Knowing the law is just useful in many different areas of life besides dealing with cops (that too though). You learn to use the law to your advantage.
5. Parts of law can be bland or boring, but you can always specialise in whatever area of law you like the most (political/constitutional law, civil law, criminal law, commercial law, labour law, process law, et cetera).
6. People in the legal sector in general tend to be more well-rounded and cultured than STEMfags even if they read mostly legal writing. This is because when you study law you pretty much have to study every social phenomenon that you can think about, and also a lot of history, economics, etc. You know what they say, Ubi societas ibi ius.
7. Did I mention it pays really well?

Bring the objections on if you have the balls, /lit/.

Why are STEMlords so insufferable? How do we get them to see the value of philosophy and literature?

>>12227030
In my experience Computer Science Majors tend to be socially inept with slightly above average intelligence, doomed to inevitably work some boring dead end job. Don’t pay them any mind.