A quotation from Fry, Stephen:

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A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation. Wine can be a wiser teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books. That was my theory at least, and I was living by it.
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https://wist.info/fry-stephen/62338/

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@DelphineAngua @dgar Good point. ✅

I previously used the word ‘proves’ loosely.

There are in fact explanations (thankfully improbable IMHO) for why we have NOT been inundated with visitors from a future after #TimeMachines have been invented by #STEM #GradStudents. One is that ‘#VentureCapitalists ‘ lacking a high-quality #LiberalEducation will extinguish ALL other futures for humanity. 🤔

@inthehands I agree about the value of a #LiberalEducation ; but rather than worrying about STEM crowding out liberal studies, I think we have a greater problem with students going to university and coming out with only paltry knowledge of mathematics and science. Our elites are skilled with words but weak with facts and analysis.

"Let none but geometers enter here."
http://www.antiquitatem.com/en/platonic-academy-geometry-nepotism/

RT @harleyrich: Looking forward to reading this. #liberaleducation

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