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0 pointsJumpCrisscross4y ago0 comments

> biggest complaint from anyone I know who studied medicine/pre-med is the sheer amount of memorization

This is a straw man. Nobody said memorization is verboten.

A certificate granted for mainly memorization, where no new modes of thinking or doing were involved, is not worth tends of thousands of dollars. If a med school matriculated students who never did practical and had never deliberated treatment modes and tradeoffs, et cetera, yes, it would be close to useless.

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long_time_gone4y ago

>A certificate granted for mainly memorization, where no new modes of thinking or doing were involved, is not worth tends of thousands of dollars.

And here is your straw man. Nobody said they were worth that much. You haven't demonstrated that a significant portion of any major exhibits these traits.

JumpCrisscrossOP4y ago

> Nobody said they were worth that much

Four years of a young person's time is worth tens of thousands of dollars. So beyond the direct cost of education, that is the opportunity cost, to the individual and to society. I think that's money well spent for e.g. a proper liberal arts degree. It isn't for a piece of paper pursued for its own end.

long_time_gone4y ago

You haven't presented evidence or sources that any individual major is "A certificate granted for mainly memorization, where no new modes of thinking or doing were involved."

This is the basis of your entire point, and you haven't backed it up with anything of substance. You can keep tossing red herrings, but this hasn't been addressed.

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long_time_gone4y ago

>A certificate granted for mainly memorization, where no new modes of thinking or doing were involved, is not worth tends of thousands of dollars.

And here is your straw man. Nobody said they were worth that much. You haven't demonstrated that a significant portion of any major exhibits these traits.

JumpCrisscrossOP4y ago

> Nobody said they were worth that much

long_time_gone4y ago

You haven't presented evidence or sources that any individual major is "A certificate granted for mainly memorization, where no new modes of thinking or doing were involved."

This is the basis of your entire point, and you haven't backed it up with anything of substance. You can keep tossing red herrings, but this hasn't been addressed.

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