so i know a lot of you are close to finishing high school as well and are finding yourself having to choose a major since this is /lit/ i'll assume you all will be majoring in one of the many liberal arts and i made this definitive tier list to help you on your way love fab <3

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PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 00:10:17 2011 No.1813861 [Reply] [Original]

so i know a lot of you are close to finishing high school as well and are finding yourself having to choose a major

since this is /lit/ i'll assume you all will be majoring in one of the many liberal arts and i made this definitive tier list to help you on your way

love fab <3

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:12:17 2011 No.1813864 >Women's Lit on any tier Oh it's a troll. Nevermind.

>>	Monoclancer !.EmqUW5J46 Mon May 30 00:14:17 2011 No.1813867 >Women's Lit/ Gender Studies > Anything >Troll thread.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:15:17 2011 No.1813870 >>1813867 >>1813864 see since you have male privilege you can cry about this and not have it ascribed to your gender

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:16:17 2011 No.1813872 >>1813867 >>1813864 sure is communications major in here

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:17:17 2011 No.1813873 you forgot enlightened tier - which includes mathematics, physics, and other sciences - you know, real degrees

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:20:17 2011 No.1813878 >>1813873 >implying Linguistics isn't a real degree

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:22:17 2011 No.1813881 >>1813878 >implying Linguistics is a real degree >implying it is 300k starting and any job i want

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 00:22:17 2011 No.1813882 >>1813873 >liberal arts tard

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:22:17 2011 No.1813883 >>1813881 >implying Noam Chomsky doesn't make +300k

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:25:17 2011 No.1813886 File: 78 KB, 722x231, Fabbot.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] just a reminder, PrinceCharming is Fabulous and he changed his trip to get away from this image.

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 00:27:17 2011 No.1813889 >>1813886 don't de-rail my thread i try to do something nice for this board once and awhile you're ingrates!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:28:17 2011 No.1813890 File: 25 KB, 375x375, 1237666694643.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1813883 >implying you will be an eighth of what Chomsky was

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:29:17 2011 No.1813891 ill take my shit tier and nietzsche your god tier.

Anonymous Mon May 30 00:30:17 2011 No.1813893

Linguistics is pretty unarguably a social science, and a lot of retards would argue the same thing for art history and political science. If you define "liberal arts" strictly, you should be including all sciences, including hard sciences. If not, please leave the social sciences out of your circlejerk intuition-based faggot-majors.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:30:17 2011 No.1813894 Potential Classics major here. Why do you think Classical Language is Faggot Tier? Just curious.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:30:17 2011 No.1813895 >>1813889 you could do it without the trip, fag.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:31:17 2011 No.1813898 >>1813889 >once and awhile egg-corn ling major detected

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:35:17 2011 No.1813904 they call it hard science to overcompensate for a deep seated insecurity over erectile dysfunction, you can look it up

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:36:17 2011 No.1813907 This is so wrong. I got a BA in English - Professional writing and a BFA in Creative Writing - Nonfiction, and my BFA has been much more useful because an actual focus. A degree in "professional writing" is a degree in writing memos and resumes.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:39:17 2011 No.1813909 How about East Asian lit? I'll preemptively put it in Top tier for you.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:40:17 2011 No.1813910 >>1813883 Chomsky's fame comes largely from him being a well-known figure in ultra-liberal political commentary. I know many people who find his work in linguistics laughable (although his work in Artificial Intelligence is rather decent).

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:40:17 2011 No.1813911 >>1813873 >>1813873 >>1813873 >>1813873 Seriously. Math major reporting in. "I got a degree because I can read a book." Give me a break.

Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Mon May 30 00:41:17 2011 No.1813914

>>1813909

My word! I do not mean to be rude but this fellow made a similar thread earlier just to cause a row. I shan't put up with this. I am certain he is a splendid fellow but his intentions are misguided.

I urge you not to be trapped by this silliness.

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 00:43:17 2011 No.1813918 >>1813914 you don't know me and i don't know you shoo!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:43:17 2011 No.1813919 File: 41 KB, 361x637, trollan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >replying to this thread

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:44:17 2011 No.1813920 >>1813914 I was joking, dude. Jesus.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:44:17 2011 No.1813921 >>1813911 hurr durr 2 + 2 = 4 Anyone can add numbers, not everyone can plumb the depths of the classics. go derive something, tryhard

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:48:17 2011 No.1813923 >>1813921 >he thinks mathematics are arithmetics this is why science major laugh at liberal art majors.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:48:17 2011 No.1813924 >>1813910 try harder troll

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 00:50:17 2011 No.1813929 >>1813923 >this is why science major laugh this is why liberal arts majors exist, so someone understand the difference between singular and plural

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:00:17 2011 No.1813940 I want to know why women's lit and gender studies aren't the same thing

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:00:17 2011 No.1813942 >>1813924 Not trolling at all. UG and the LAD, arguably Chomsky's largest contributions to linguistics, are VERY questionable theories.

>>	Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Mon May 30 01:02:17 2011 No.1813946 I once again must make a call of arms to combat this tyranny of silliness on the part of OP. He is a dedicated and mild mannered fellow but he is misguiding the energies he should be using to read.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:09:17 2011 No.1813954 >>1813946 ur so annoying

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:13:17 2011 No.1813965 OP, why is Philosophy in the low tier?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:14:17 2011 No.1813969 >>1813965 shit tier, dawg

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:15:17 2011 No.1813974 >>1813965 I mean, the shit tier...

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:16:17 2011 No.1813976 >>1813974 why would it be anywhere else?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:21:17 2011 No.1813984 ayyye double majoring in low tier and god tier, good for me. plus minor in BA.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:22:17 2011 No.1813987 >>1813976 Because most of this bullshit is an offshoot of philosophy?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:23:17 2011 No.1813994 >>1813965 Philosophy is shit-tier because in any other decent program you're going to have to learn everything you need to know about philosophy anyway, but without constantly wanking over ancient greeks and romans

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:23:17 2011 No.1813995 >>1813987 so why bother studying philosophy when you could better invest your time in something useful and productive? hurr durr

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:26:17 2011 No.1814003 >>1813994 >without constantly wanking over ancient greeks and romans Unless you're a Classics major, in which case... well, yeah, obviously

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:26:17 2011 No.1814004 THEY ALL SEEM SHIT TIER TO ME.

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>>	Virginia W00F !!GThm5VqxqDi Mon May 30 01:41:17 2011 No.1814029 Fab I think it's a wonderful tier list. You done good, kid.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 01:55:17 2011 No.1814042 >>1814012 PREACH

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:01:17 2011 No.1814051 File: 195 KB, 320x240, xl.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1814012 Cheers.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:02:17 2011 No.1814053 Seriously. The only one with even the slightest reason to major in unless you're an engineer is political science, philosophy and linguistic. What the fuck does someone who majors in Art history and communication science do?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:10:17 2011 No.1814061 >>1814053 >implying someone with a degree in philosophy uses it

Anonymous Mon May 30 02:10:17 2011 No.1814062

Hi. Allow me to end this thread and maybe save you wasting three precious years of your life:

God: Maths. Philosophy

Top: Physics. Any language, living or dead, provided it's not your first tongue.

Mid: History, Geography, Chemistry, Biology

Low: x-y-z-"science," psychology, linguistics, engineering

Shit: Cultural studies faffing

>>	Quentin !!p3mpBqBwOeY Mon May 30 02:13:27 2011 No.1814068 itt: mad creative writing/philosophy/library science/communications/theater majors

Anonymous Mon May 30 02:24:17 2011 No.1814088

Hi. I study aerospace robotics. Shortly after after I submitted a paper for an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference, the US Department of State warned me to bear in mind that some of my knowledge can be officially classified as weapons and governed by international arms trafficking legislation. I guess I don't get a tier huh?

Must be because my work is so trivial.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:35:17 2011 No.1814106 >>1814088 "after after" Should have gone for an English degree, retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:38:17 2011 No.1814111 glad to see someone recognize that PW is god-tier.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:40:17 2011 No.1814115 >>1814088 You are an engineer. Necessary, and functional like the robots you fiddle with, but on the whole not too interesting. Enjoy pleb tier and the decent wage.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:42:17 2011 No.1814123 >>1814106 >insignificant typo, which had no implications towards a lack of meaning or clearness of thought >justification for spending $50,000 to learn English for four years and have no job upon graduation

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:43:17 2011 No.1814125 Psychology is a real major. :( Shut up guys, you're hurting my feelings.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:44:17 2011 No.1814127 >>1814123 >go into education with english degree >not respected >deal with little shits >shit pay

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:45:17 2011 No.1814128 >>1814115 >not too interesting hahaha >functional ah-hahahaha you think your taxes are paying me to build things? that function? bless your heart

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:48:13 2011 No.1814132 god tier: world travel/vagabond/true love/revolutionary good tier: celebrity/spiritual path/family mid tier:drug use/activism/vacation/religion/scene 'celebrity' shit tier: good college/good house/trophy wife/tripfag infamy

>>	Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Mon May 30 02:48:17 2011 No.1814135 Must i renew my objection to this silliness? Its getting late and my focus has been restored. Please see that this is an aim at a tyranny of silliness.

Anonymous Mon May 30 02:51:17 2011 No.1814141

>>1814128
Well you said you'd studied aerospace robotics. I think it's a legitimate to assume from that producing bits of tech is what you do. Perhaps you get to make decisions about how the people below you produce the bits of tech. Or something somehow related. It's not intersting though, is it? Really? Be honest.

My jobs dull too. Let's share and commiserate.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:53:17 2011 No.1814148 >>1814088 It says right in the OP that this is a tier list for liberal arts majors. Aerospace robotics is not a liberal arts major.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:55:17 2011 No.1814152 >>1814148 even /sci/ doesn't like engineers. looks like they're trying to butt in to another board where they are disliked and not respected

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:57:17 2011 No.1814158 >>1814061 Sorry, forgot I was at /lit/, critical thinking and avoiding fallacies isn't really that popular here around.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:57:17 2011 No.1814159 >>1814128 Yeah buddy, fuck off where you came from. And don't come back till you've designed us a coke can that opens itself

Anonymous Mon May 30 02:57:17 2011 No.1814160

>>1814141
I'm a professional researcher, and I love every single minute of it. I don't build technology per-se; that step is a half-dozen down from where I am. I develop, extrapolate, and expand upon the limits of human knowledge in aerospace. Ultimately my work is driven by the marriage of my curiosity and my stubbornness; I could explain the current problem I'm working on if you're interested.

I suppose its because I played with one too many Tonka trucks as a kid. Jet planes made me giddy as a kid, and they still do.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 02:59:17 2011 No.1814165 >>1814152 /sci/ is 90% engineers and one running joke about them...?

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Anonymous Mon May 30 03:08:17 2011 No.1814184

>>1814160

You're lucky the world is happy to pay you for doing something you love. All I want to do is read books and write. I've got a degree in philosophy and I've worked in a call centre for seven years.

What are you working on? Do you make weapons?

Anonymous Mon May 30 03:17:17 2011 No.1814201

>>1814184
I actually work in wind energy. But the unfortunate fact about aerospace is, you're building weapons whether you're building weapons or not. Its so closely integrated with the defense establishment you either use weaponized research for peaceful purposes, or your peaceful research will be repurposed into weapons. Right now I have a wind turbine blade strapped to a robot which yanks and pulls it through weird motions in a water tunnel. The purpose of this would be difficult to explain without getting extremely technical.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 03:20:17 2011 No.1814209 Computer Science major here. Hope I am able to fit in with all you literary geniuses.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 03:29:17 2011 No.1814221 >>1814201 >>1814201 Yeah the weaponry thing is unfortunate. Though they had Archimedes building siege equipment so I guess it was ever thus. At least you're not working for the Nazis.

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 16:31:17 2011 No.1815183 bumb

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 16:36:17 2011 No.1815199 >>1813861 Since when is Film Studies considered to be a legitimate degree?

>>	Malavox !1CuTO6dxKo Mon May 30 16:40:17 2011 No.1815217 >>1814209 >Literary geniuses You must be lost, this is /lit/

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 16:41:17 2011 No.1815223 >>1815217 you're not funny

>>	Malavox !1CuTO6dxKo Mon May 30 16:44:17 2011 No.1815230 >>1815223 If you believe this board is full of literary geniuses you're dumber than I thought.

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 16:45:17 2011 No.1815236 >>1815230 >>1815230 no i just don't be a cynic

>>	♥ !Rrxa7zePwI Mon May 30 17:11:17 2011 No.1815294 >>1815183 i'm only replying because your little troll is so cute. in an almost cuddly way. why do you want to annoy me from time to time though, stay cute okay.

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Mon May 30 17:12:17 2011 No.1815296 >>1815294 yes maim

>>	♥ !Rrxa7zePwI Mon May 30 17:28:17 2011 No.1815319 >>1815296 too cute, can't get mad at you

>>	Anonymous Mon May 30 17:58:17 2011 No.1815359 >>1815199 Since Cahiers du Cinema

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:31:17 2011 No.1816734 Fabulous and Onionring post the most retarded shit on this board, I'm serious

>>	Brownbear !Wfn4kkpLag!!fEGZw8wphGR Tue May 31 02:33:17 2011 No.1816738 >>1816734 >>1816734 and you thought you'd bump this thread 9 hours later to let us all know?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:34:17 2011 No.1816741 You better be trolling, bro. Liberal studies are SHITE And if you are learning a foreign language, you receive some actually useful information.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:36:17 2011 No.1816743 >>1816738 Ya.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:38:17 2011 No.1816746 Just extend faggot tier alllllllll the way to the top. There you go. You may not like engies, but what the fuck are you going to do about it - critique us?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:40:17 2011 No.1816749 File: 54 KB, 502x535, coolface probrem.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Women's lit is top tier

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 02:47:17 2011 No.1816756 Philosophy majors have one of the highest acceptance rates at law schools, so that's what I'm doing. I'm doubling in political science because it's interesting.

Anonymous Tue May 31 03:02:17 2011 No.1816777
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Oh my god... You put Linguistics, Women's studies, and Gender Studies above Foreign Language, Political Science, and Philosophy...
What are you... some kind of retard?
I think I'm going to vomit.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:04:17 2011 No.1816785 How are the sciences not on there?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:06:17 2011 No.1816790 >>1816756 hory shet. Doing the exact same thing you're doing/studying.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:16:17 2011 No.1816800 >>331382440 Ross Finlay assaulted me in 2008 the same way and he was never welcome to any repeat assault here or to prevail in that conversation.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:19:17 2011 No.1816807 >brb Gender Studies and Women's lit double major >Bishes be mirin my intelligence >get laid all the time >245k starting salary

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:40:17 2011 No.1816837 God tier, taking linguistics and low tier because chinese french though i will say I don't think linguistics is as much a liberal art as the rest, imo its much closer to a true science

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 03:46:17 2011 No.1816852 >take African American studies >don't get to dissect any African Americans College is bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:14:17 2011 No.1816895 File: 230 KB, 750x563, ed_grin1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw completed Medical degree

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:18:17 2011 No.1816906 Linguistics is in god tier, while any foreign language is in low tier. explain.

Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Tue May 31 04:20:17 2011 No.1816909

I am not certain why this thread is still around? It is a triumph in silliness to believe anyone could consider the thoughts expressed by men of questionable merit can be considered plausible for discussion. The creator and those who persist in keeping this going are being fooled into it. I beg that you retain your senses and read or discuss literature. This endevour is fruitless and will only lead to more silliness.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:23:17 2011 No.1816915 >>1816909 I think you just took the award for most annoying tripfag on /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:23:17 2011 No.1816916 File: 9 KB, 225x225, everybodys mad..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >this thread

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:25:17 2011 No.1816919 >>1816909 Wow, you're one of those guys! One of those guys who understands the literal definitions of words but not their connotations, so you try to sound smart but in the process choose your words clumsily and make yourself look like an ass.

Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Tue May 31 04:27:17 2011 No.1816921

>>1816919

Well actually I am drunk and have done some silly drugs. Drugs which are very bad for you. But no, I am not perfect and I shall freely admit it. I do type clumsily even when sober. But I enjoy books and like to use funny words so here we are.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:32:17 2011 No.1816928 >>1816921 ugh. you're worse than brownbear.

>>	Stradlater !!iwUBihX3yR3 Tue May 31 04:33:17 2011 No.1816932 >>1816928 Well I am awfully sorry.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 04:42:17 2011 No.1816949 lol fabulous, instead of this post some of your thoughts on literature so we can laugh at how stupid you are. Better yet post some of your original work so we can laugh even harder

>>	♥ !Rrxa7zePwI Tue May 31 07:29:17 2011 No.1817057 fab fab fab, you cutie

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 09:10:17 2011 No.1817125 What would rhetorics go under?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 09:44:17 2011 No.1817134 >>1815359 >>1815359 this Prof Writing and Film Studies major

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 09:45:17 2011 No.1817138 File: 2 KB, 127x127, 1306194889705s.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw anyone who believes this shit will never publish anything

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 11:14:17 2011 No.1817212 >>1816906 Because being a philosopher of language and psychology is better than being a teacher of high school french.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 12:18:17 2011 No.1817283 >>1816906 because linguistics is about as close as you'll get to a real science, artfag

>>	Hades !!gxdzsSnwykj Tue May 31 12:35:17 2011 No.1817321 File: 25 KB, 289x320, Hades+Oil+Print.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Stylistics and Linguistics. Master race reporting in.

Anonymous Tue May 31 12:38:17 2011 No.1817329

>>1817212
Why? What's wrong with teaching French? Or, let me guess, you just want the big fancy title.

>>1817283
I'm actually taking linguistics as my major. But not for use in any job, really. Or to look smart, and deep, and edgy. I'm actually taking it so I can learn shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 12:41:17 2011 No.1817332 >>1817329 >implying you can be taken seriously in academia without a PhD

Anonymous Tue May 31 12:51:17 2011 No.1817348

>>1817332
>implying I want a PHD. If you're not enjoying, or learning from your courses that you take, why bother taking them? Seems a waste to go to school for four years or more if you only want a degree.

The pursuit of knowledge has become a chore, rather than a privilege.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 12:59:17 2011 No.1817357 >>1817348 lol sounds like classic state school underachiever excuses bullshit to me

Anonymous Tue May 31 14:11:17 2011 No.1817519

>>1817329
Clearly you've never had the unenviable experience of having to teach a foreign language to people who have no interest in learning it.

And I am about as uninterested in titles as a person can be. Foreign Language degrees suck compared to Linguistics degrees because if you pursue the latter seriously you will get everything worthwhile you could receive from the former, but three-fold.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 15:50:17 2011 No.1817751 >114 posts and 13 image replies omitted. Click Reply to view. >ctrl + f 'religous' >no results found really /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 15:57:17 2011 No.1817766 >>1817357 Overachieving snob. You're one of those people who's only getting a higher degree so you can lord it over people who otherwise wouldn't give two shits about you and your pathetic life.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 15:59:17 2011 No.1817768 >>1817766 and you will still have neither credibility or a title. enjoy obscurity :)

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:02:17 2011 No.1817777 >>1817768 Neither of which I care about. Have a nice day. :) Knowledge for Knowledge's sake, I couldn't care less if people are impressed by a piece of paper hanging on my wall.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:07:17 2011 No.1817795 >>1817777 Bravo, sir. I'm with you on this one. Ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Latin scholar here. Fuck you all.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:07:17 2011 No.1817798 >>1817357 >>1817768 >Goes on about how he'll be well respected with a PhD >Doesn't capitalize statlerandwaldorfdohohoh.jpg

♥ !Rrxa7zePwI Tue May 31 16:12:17 2011 No.1817811

philosophy is a struggle against the very fabric of everything. it is quite serious beyond degrees and publications. of course, those things will come to those who fight well. still, as a first rate philosopher, you are going to leave the world with some bits of contribution to humanity that binds subsequent history.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:12:17 2011 No.1817813 >>1817798 it's good that you like to point out spelling and grammar mistakes, you'll be doing a lot of that as a middle school english teacher

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:15:17 2011 No.1817826 >>1817813 The fact that you're making Middle-school level mistakes says a lot more about you than it does me. I mean really, is your shift key broken or something?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:17:17 2011 No.1817832 >>1817813 Assuming I did become a Middle School English teacher, at least I'd be helping our next generation to not be dumbasses. What'll you be doing in your ivory tower?

>>	PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz Tue May 31 16:23:17 2011 No.1817848 you're acting like a bunch of babies

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:35:17 2011 No.1817871 >>1817848 says mr diaper wetter himself

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 16:37:17 2011 No.1817872 File: 29 KB, 381x280, ROFL MAO.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1817848 >Got a trip to make himself seem more legitimate.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 17:01:17 2011 No.1817908 Of course if you actually compare any of these to real majors then they're all shit tier.

Anonymous Tue May 31 17:08:17 2011 No.1817925

>>1817908
engineering major here.
a.) I love it, it's incredibly interesting and it truly requires you to think and work in creative ways, and
b.) I'll be enjoying my money and bitches when I graduate, so enjoy your shitty liberal arts degree your parents are paying for while you can.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 17:20:17 2011 No.1817943 >>1817925 >Engineering PhD here. I work for Toyota now, dont be so smug kid, yeah you earn money but it's soul-less boring as shit work. I wish I could have been a journalist or science writer or something.

Anonymous Tue May 31 18:24:17 2011 No.1818043

>>1813893
>Linguistics is pretty unarguably a social science
>If you define "liberal arts" strictly, you should be including all sciences, including hard sciences. If not, please leave the social sciences out of your circlejerk intuition-based faggot-majors.

As somebody who has a bachelor's degree in each of linguistics and biology, and is currently in a graduate program studying linguistics, I can assure you that you are full of shit. The vast majority of the research that linguists do follows the scientific method in the same way that biologists and chemists follow it, with two exceptions.

Since linguistics is still a developing field (think biology in Linnaeus' time when they were still characterizing all the life on the planet and hadn't fully developed the now standard two word nomenclature of genus and species), there are many studies published with a very small N. I have read papers about language acquisition based on studies that involved three participants, which would be far too low of a number in any respectable biology journal. The majority of papers are not like this, though. Mostly, it's just when there are 0-1 articles written about a certain topic, and the idea is just to get SOMETHING out there.

Since language resides in the human mind, rather than the physical world, and moreover since no two human minds are alike, understanding the grammar of a "language" is often a matter of teasing out logical paradigms and making assumptions that have their basis in empirical observation. Because the theory for understanding these sorts of things is still evolving, you often get logical leaps of faith about the relationships between words in a sentence or the more subtle ways the grammar is working that turn out to be too shallow when analyzed by different theories.

I know I'm replying to a troll, but somebody might find that interesting.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:28:17 2011 No.1818051 >>1818043 >linguists do follows the scientific method >implying scientists still use the scientific method

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:28:17 2011 No.1818052 >>1818043 Discourse analysis doesn't follow the scientific method. You're American, right?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:31:17 2011 No.1818056 >>1818051 >The vast majority of the research that linguists do = subject >follows = verb >you = either incredibly butthurt or incredibly stupid

Anonymous Tue May 31 18:35:17 2011 No.1818064

>>1818052
I haven't studied discourse analysis too much, but you're right that there are sub-fields in linguistics that are less scientific than others. That doesn't make the more scientific ones not exist, as your cute little strawman implies. Explain why my nationality has anything to do with anything.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:37:17 2011 No.1818072 Faggot Tier: calling yourself "PrinceCharming" now thats some faggotry

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:39:17 2011 No.1818079 sage

>>	Sozan !!QZFU2PVHFff Tue May 31 18:42:17 2011 No.1818092 >>1813861 A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully. PrinceFabulous, you are a consummate guardsman.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 18:43:17 2011 No.1818095 File: 65 KB, 639x549, 1306545027416.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw I'm double majoring in biotech/peace studies and double minoring in art history/classical studies

Anonymous Tue May 31 18:47:17 2011 No.1818106

>>1818064
If you study somewhere with a tradition of analytic philosophy you're more likely to take a scientific approach, usually viewing language as a subset of psychology (which is also the view of Pinker and Chomsky). This is useful, but not entirely true since language exists both within us and outside of us as a separate entity. This is something looked at more by those on the continent.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 19:01:17 2011 No.1818130 >>1818106 Ah, I see why you asked. Yes, I am American. I guess I'm not very familiar with the variations each country has in their approaches to linguistics, but that doesn't change that the linguistics that I know is a science.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 19:02:17 2011 No.1818133 >>1818051 >proving that you are an idiot

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 19:08:17 2011 No.1818145 >>1818133 >proving you are not a scientist

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