Social media has taught us that all my professors are like 10-15% dumber than I originally thought
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>One conclusion from Asch’s experiments might be that groupthink is human nature, another interpretation—the one I prefer—is that it takes only a single well-informed dissident to break the conformist mindset. That’s why Dartmouth is determined to preserve the humanities, elsewhere in decline across academia, because students’ ability to push against the status quo will be stunted if we lose these courses. The humanities can give students the tools to think critically, ask the right questions, improve themselves, and, in turn, challenge conventional wisdom.
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Social media has taught us that all my professors are like 10-15% dumber than I originally thought
>One conclusion from Asch’s experiments might be that groupthink is human nature, another interpretation—the one I prefer—is that it takes only a single well-informed dissident to break the conformist mindset. That’s why Dartmouth is determined to preserve the humanities, elsewhere in decline across academia, because students’ ability to push against the status quo will be stunted if we lose these courses. The humanities can give students the tools to think critically, ask the right questions, improve themselves, and, in turn, challenge conventional wisdom.