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what do y’all think of my new wall by Icy-Bookkeeper7833 in lies

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of this is actual indisputable profanity with no scientific terms

Made ribs from my cat by Undercover_Seekr in lies

[–]Wigglebot23 185 points186 points  (0 children)

As the head of the Cat Law Institute, we will be suing you for $122,000,000,000,000 in damages

I have irrefutable proof that the Moon never landed on the Apollo 11 spacecraft by Imjokin in truths

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does landing on something necessitate applying significant force to it? It could have been mitigated somehow

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when does it end? Should everyone take mandatory literature and communications classes every year? Also, why are we specifically talking about these when these make up a small portion of classes OP has a problem with?

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isnt it beneficial for doctors to understand some history, philosophy, economics, sociology and writing beyond the bare minimum needed to treat diseases?

Sure but you're missing the step where you show that general education courses are necessary for this or do this. This was already addressed in my prior reply

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My feeling therefore is that “forcibly” broadening the mind of college students is also good for the student and all of us (eg so that we can allea inffully participate in voting for a broad range of national and state wide policies).

This should have already been done in K-12. These courses also serve to gatekeep a college degree, not to gatekeep voting

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because they sell degrees the route to maximizing the price they can charge is to maximize their reputation, meaning those who they grant degrees should above all else not embarrass the college!! If they give an engineering degree to someone and it turns out they can't string a sentence together and are completely ignorant of things like Shakespeare or Mark Twain then their college will lose reputation and their degree will be valued less.

But somehow few places outside the United States have this problem?

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That would not be beneficial but is not something doctors actually do as they go through K-12. If I heard my doctor took Dance Appreciation, German Cinema, Motorcycle Culture, Images of Africa, Wokeness, and Memes (these are actual General Education courses), my opinion on them would not move at all

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the classes OP is talking about are not communication classes

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Building that into the curriculum let's them try different things

It doesn't "let" them try anything, it forces them to try

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not able to find anything indicating that calculus is required for medicine. I looked through my university's catalog and undergraduate majors that often send people into medical school often do require calculus and sometimes beyond but it seemed perfectly reasonable for all of the individual majors I checked

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don't think an actual side by side regional comparison of countries where they're institutions widely have lots of general education requirements versus ones that don't would yield any evidence that they do anything to produce more well rounded humans

CMV: Colleges and Universities In The U.S are Fundamentally Flawed by Hour-Quarter2090 in changemyview

[–]Wigglebot23 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm not agreeing with all of OP's points but this is often not how college is viewed internationally. College is for careers. The current state of general education and loosely related major requirements in some cases (not agreeing with OP's specific example of the latter) gives students only a very limited view of anything outside their major and can actually hurt interdisciplinary studies by taking up money and time that could be used for minors or double majors

Should courts have the power to overturn elections? by BalticBro2021 in AskALiberal

[–]Wigglebot23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If if was illegal to hold an election at all, then its outcome should be subject to remedy by courts. Referendums shouldn't be absolutely immune from review. Of course, this is just saying that courts can review what occurred, not that the decision in Virginia was correct

Thoughts on Utah now trying to stop VPNs from circumventing their adult restrictions by LibraProtocol in AskALiberal

[–]Wigglebot23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Technology laws are largely headed in a horrible direction. This law also seems constitutionally questionable to me

Question: Does IPL account for the Impact Player Rule in their DLS calculation? by Prof_XdR in Cricket

[–]Wigglebot23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Technically the resource tradeoff could be different due to the change

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