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As a followup, a nice blog essay on the theme of intellectual contempt for math and science:

http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2008/07/26/the-innumeracy...

I often wanted to call bullshit on those people too, and reply with something like "I always hated reading" or "What use is Shakespeare, anyway?" Of course, I never did, out of both social politeness and an actual respect for the humanities and what they bring to civilization.




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