Re More on liberal arts etc

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Reese <ip () reeza com>
> Date: June 30, 2017 at 12:36:14 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net, "ip" <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] More on liberal arts etc
>
> For IP, if you wish.
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Karl Auerbach <karl () cavebear com>
> > > Date: June 27, 2017 at 4:25:11 PM EDT
> > > To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () listbox com>
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] More on liberal arts etc
> > >
> > >
> > > ... I overheard two women talking.  One said to the other: "Law school is the best liberal arts education you can 
> > > get."  I quietly agreed....
>
>
> Disagree, two reasons.
>
> One: 
> Science and jurisprudence are fundamentally different. I recently 
> heard it said that: "Attorneys approach problems of fact in a 
> distinctly different way than scientists. Attorneys use science, but 
> they do not approach a problem from the ground up and see where the 
> evidence leads. Instead, they start with a predetermined conclusion 
> that they seek to convince you of, they selectively use the science 
> that supports that conclusion. They will do research and are aware of 
> the other science, but this is only so that they can argue against it."
>
> My take on that: to win an argument, use the tools of rhetoric; to 
> learn what is factually true and correct, use the scientific method. 
>
> Two: 
> This IP post from the year 2007:
>
> From: bill <bill () iocaine com>
> Date: June 11, 2007 6:45:02 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Law School Considered Harmful
>
> Dave,
>
> Attending law school tends to turn out more than its fair share of  
> annoying, overly precise 'fachidioten'.  I lived with a lawyer in a  
> previous life.  One beautiful summer evening, we found ourselves down  
> at Half Moon Bay, drinking sundowners as the sun set.  Two whales  
> could be seen in silhouette as the cascade of color slowly melted  
> into the Pacific horizon.
>
> "That's incredibly beautiful," said I.
> "What do you mean," snapped the lawyer, an IP litigatrix.
> "All of this, it's amazing."
> "What are you talking about?"
> "Err...the sunset.  And the whales. And where we are sitting watching  
> all of this.  It's beautiful, don't you think?"
> She paused for several seconds, analyzing the scene.
> "Yes."
>
> I traded her in for a human girlfriend shortly thereafter.
>
> -Bill



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