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#1205: The Fraud Of Subject Divisions
The author argues that the current university system is fragmented and self‑serving: subjects split knowledge into silos that teachers exploit to control learning, while standardized lectures (like CS 50) become merely “tricks” that waste time on rote topics such as algorithms, data structures and AI. They claim that students need a clear aim and genuine inspiration rather than “interesting facts”; otherwise teaching becomes mere performance by liars who “gag” their listeners. In particular, the writer criticizes philosophy classes for being shallow—using Descartes and Socrates only to illustrate points but failing to connect them to real life issues such as war, poverty, and indoctrination—and suggests that true teaching would let students see the bigger picture of how education can shape a world‑peaceful future.
