War Room Lounge V43: STEM is Overrated

[Sketch]

We call them bathhouses

Never been to one but my 61 year old bachelor uncle swears by them even though he discourages me from checking it out

I don't think these places have plumbing.

 

[Limbo Pete]

I did say in the last thread that beyond the undergrad level what I am saying might not apply. The same is probably true of computer science which I also said can be self taught. Its one thing to teach yourself to code and another to conduct research in the field.

But how much of that is something that a person only working towards their Bachelor's in history goes through?

Well, all of it, hopefully?
I understand that academic requirements vary from institution to institution, but i'm very strongly of the opinion that if someone gets a history BA without learning critical analysis, secondary synthesis, and using those things to write at least one full seminar paper (25-30 pages) then that department has failed them and itself.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

The elective that through ne for a loop was a 300 level Art-History class on Asia.

I saw history and Asia and figured it would be and easy topic I'd enjoy. Plus it was on Tuesdays and Thursdays where I tried to pack all my classes to get the 4 day weekend

Had to write a thesis on what buddha statues in different areas. I never felt so lost.

And that was the only elective I picked on want because I used up all my other electives of engineering prerequisites my freshman year before switching majors lol

yeah, I'm in the medical field and I just grew to hate any foofoo elective bullshit. Classes that sounded interesting, and even were, but were also a huge time suck really grinded my gears. I remember one semester I had 2-3 finals and a hour presentation on hepatitis, but I also had a paper due on Monet.... what was handed in would have gotten my ass beat (literally) from my HS history teacher.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

A lot.

But that's the Chinese on Dundas. Unless you mean near Dufferin with the Portuguese. I'm mainly talking St clair west.

Dundas and queen is the heart of little pork chop town - and those places are social clubs that have their liquor licenses

 

[Limbo Pete]

A lot.

But that's the Chinese on Dundas. Unless you mean near Dufferin with the Portuguese. I'm mainly talking St clair west.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I did say in the last thread that beyond the undergrad level what I am saying might not apply. The same is probably true of computer science which I also said can be self taught. Its one thing to teach yourself to code and another to conduct research in the field.

But how much of that is something that a person only working towards their Bachelor's in history goes through?

I think I grabbed onto the "Tom Holland has written good books" without a history degree.

Honestly I'm not familiar with him and he might have good books but it just sort of reminded me of the love Graham Hancock receives.

Like I said I'm not familiar with Holland so he might do good work but Hancock gets a lot of praise but he has a cult following base on not much in th terms of provable work imo.

 

[Sketch]

Dundas and queen is the heart of little pork chop town - and those places are social clubs that have their liquor licenses

Dundas and Queen do not intersect.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Well, all of it, hopefully?
I understand that academic requirements vary from institution to institution, but i'm very strongly of the opinion that if someone gets a history BA without learning critical analysis, secondary synthesis, and using those things to write at least one full seminar paper (25-30 pages) then that department has failed them and itself.

Gimme a couple of years and I'll PM you a 100% self taught 25-30 page paper on Ottoman history.

 

[Fawlty]

I think I grabbed onto the "Tom Holland has written good books" without a history degree.

Honestly I'm not familiar with him and he might have good books but it just sort of reminded me of the love Graham Hancock receives.

Like I said I'm not familiar with Holland so he might do good work but Hancock gets a lot of praise but he has a cult following base on not much in th terms of provable work imo.

Hancock is a fucking crank.

 

[BarryDillon]

I think I grabbed onto the "Tom Holland has written good books" without a history degree.

Honestly I'm not familiar with him and he might have good books but it just sort of reminded me of the love Graham Hancock receives.

Like I said I'm not familiar with Holland so he might do good work but Hancock gets a lot of praise but he has a cult following base on not much in th terms of provable work imo.

Tom Holland is Spiderman. I don't think any of that stuff is historical, bro.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Dundas and Queen do not intersect.

Sorry I meant between dundas and queen west of Dovercourt. I lived on beatrice during undergrad and it was smack dab in the middle.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Tom Holland is Spiderman. I don't think any of that stuff is historical, bro.

Sorry nerd but I dont read comic books

 

[Islam Imamate]

I think I grabbed onto the "Tom Holland has written good books" without a history degree.

Honestly I'm not familiar with him and he might have good books but it just sort of reminded me of the love Graham Hancock receives.

Like I said I'm not familiar with Holland so he might do good work but Hancock gets a lot of praise but he has a cult following base on not much in th terms of provable work imo.

I haven't read his books to be fair. I did see his documentary Islam: The Untold Story and while its entertaining it has its problems.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Gimme a couple of years and I'll PM you a 100% self taught 25-30 page paper on Ottoman history.

Save yourself a couple years and just get the bad grade over with now bud lmao

 

[Trotsky]

Reading history =/= practicing history. This seems to be a massive, massive misconception about what we actually do.

lol, Limbo Pete EXPOSED as a goddamn professional LARPER

T-72 hours

Hate to piss in your cheerios, but this has ran its course imo too. It doesn't feel fresh or meaningful for Sandor to battle the Mountain.

It made the most sense when fans were theorizing that the Hound would be the Faith's champion in Cersei's trial by combat in season 6.

 

[Limbo Pete]

lol, Limbo Pete EXPOSED as a goddamn professional LARPER

Spoiler

 

[Islam Imamate]

Save yourself a couple years and just get the bad grade over with now bud lmao

You're right, I should pick an easier topic. Like some Mickey Mouse one that no one really cares about instead of something serious like Ottoman history.

Spoiler

I think I'll go with public history.

 

[Limbo Pete]

You're right, I should pick an easier topic. Like some Mickey Mouse one that no one really cares about instead of something serious like Ottoman history.

Spoiler

I think I'll go with public history.

Public history is an approach not a topic bud
My expertise is in Native history, specifically Indian Education

 

[BarryDillon]

Public history is an approach not a topic bud
My expertise is in Native history, specifically Indian Education

*Pubic

 

[Limbo Pete]

*Pubic