Re: Me and my macaroni
Laughing Man (the_laughing_man@hotmail.com)
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 02:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
> > unused degrees in philosophy on the wall, macaroni on the
> > stove,
>
>So that's what I have to look forward to with my philosophy degree? Good
>thing I"m majoring in biology too... although, since I'm not doing med
>school, I don't know what I'm going to do with bio anyway.
>Oh well, it's a good thing I like Mac and Cheese. Oh and when that gets
>too expensive, there's always Ramen...
>
>Anna
No need to worry! My girlfriend is reading nothing but Habermas, Chomsky et
al all day, and are forever giving me books like “Intoduction to Rowles ‘A
theory of Justice’”, in a vain effort to drag me to the Dark Side. She did
in fact refer to this kind of literature as “ordinary books” the first time
I met her. A Freudian slip if there ever was one.
The point is, she has a degree in philosophy and are going for a PhD in
political science (still a loooot of philosophy), and by the look of it
there seems to be millions of job out there. I took philosophy for quite a
while at the university and am actually using a lot of it in my work.
So don’t worry. If you’re interested enough, you’ll make use of it.
Otherwise, a little shot of metaphysics has never hurt anyone. If nothing
else, you can put your fan-picture of Wittgenstein beside your picture of
Picasso and try judging which has the most intense look of genius in his
eyes. Just for reference.
/TLM
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