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  • #31
    Re: Education Jobs

    Originally posted by Mos View Post
    I might be a bit biased, but university degrees in subjects such as Philosophy and Political Science are often worthless. Most of the time in such majors, you are...(jur es cecum eli)...it's very subjective and not really a defined science. In my view, much better to get a degree in a technical/scientific field. Such fields are more pure in terms of their theory and gives you a much more useful skill set. And why would you want to learn Armenian ? Unless, you're Armenian, there's no use in knowing it, especially living in New Zealand...
    And here I am, almost jealous of someone on our (local representative's) campaign who is actually studying political science while I majored in finance...

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    • #32
      Re: Education Jobs

      Originally posted by Hyegirl View Post
      And here I am, almost jealous of someone on our (local representative's) campaign who is actually studying political science while I majored in finance...
      Finance is much better than political science. Very interesting mathematical applications in finance that I have dealt with. In the end, you are learning something more objective. Politicial Science is just so subjective - there's no real science involved.
      Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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      • #33
        Re: Education Jobs

        Originally posted by Mos View Post
        Finance is much better than political science. Very interesting mathematical applications in finance that I have dealt with. In the end, you are learning something more objective. Politicial Science is just so subjective - there's no real science involved.

        Can you elaborate on this? You sound very confident in this pronouncement, but I'd like to hear your reasoning.

        What is "real science"? How is the science in PoliSci lacking?
        [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
        -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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        • #34
          Re: Education Jobs

          Originally posted by Siggie View Post
          Can you elaborate on this? You sound very confident in this pronouncement, but I'd like to hear your reasoning.

          What is "real science"? How is the science in PoliSci lacking?
          Because PolSci has very little mathematical and concrete theory to it. It's often very subjective and not objective enough as other sciences. A field such as Finance or Chemistry have a much more objective and pure theory to it.
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          "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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          • #35
            Re: Education Jobs

            Originally posted by Mos View Post
            Because PolSci has very little mathematical and concrete theory to it. It's often very subjective and not objective enough as other sciences. A field such as Finance or Chemistry have a much more objective and pure theory to it.
            What about economics? I met a former econ major who changed to finance because econ was more theory and finance was more real world application as he understood things.

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            • #36
              Re: Education Jobs

              Originally posted by Mos View Post
              Because PolSci has very little mathematical and concrete theory to it. It's often very subjective and not objective enough as other sciences. A field such as Finance or Chemistry have a much more objective and pure theory to it.
              You don't know sh!t about science. I love when someone who's never taken much coursework in a subject states something they're totally ignorant about with such great confidence. It's a dangerous thing to think you know a lot more than you know. Be humbler and actually look into something before speaking on it.

              PolSci has very little mathematical and concrete theory? Biology is very mathematical then? All sciences use probability theory and statistical theory. If you want to get into the equations for the statistical tests we use to avoid spurious findings and errors, I have a whole book of equations for you. Many from calculus. It will satisfy your "math" requirement.
              [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
              -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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              • #37
                Re: Education Jobs

                Originally posted by Siggie View Post
                You don't know sh!t about science. I love when someone who's never taken much coursework in a subject states something they're totally ignorant about with such great confidence. It's a dangerous thing to think you know a lot more than you know. Be humbler and actually look into something before speaking on it.
                WTF? What he said is true...
                "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                • #38
                  Re: Education Jobs

                  Originally posted by Siggie View Post
                  You don't know sh!t about science. I love when someone who's never taken much coursework in a subject states something they're totally ignorant about with such great confidence. It's a dangerous thing to think you know a lot more than you know. Be humbler and actually look into something before speaking on it.

                  PolSci has very little mathematical and concrete theory? Biology is very mathematical then? All sciences use probability theory and statistical theory. If you want to get into the equations for the statistical tests we use to avoid spurious findings and errors, I have a whole book of equations for you. Many from calculus. It will satisfy your "math" requirement.
                  I know more about science and mathematics than you. And my degree is in mathematical sciences. Yes PolSci has very little mathematical theory. Just take a look at some of the courses PolSci people have to take. Biology has theory behind it. The fundamentals of Biology derive from Chemistry, which derives from Physics and which in turn derives from Mathematics. So please don't ever put PoliSci at level of the natural sciences or mathematics. It's an insult to actual scientists in those fields.
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                  • #39
                    Re: Education Jobs

                    Mos everything comes down to math but math alone wont solve our problems and that is why we need all these other fields of study. Psychology, sociology, history, economics are all very much scientific endeavors deserving of respect and have helped humanity greatly. Dont go around repeating Armanan's quotes about everything besides physics and math being irrelevent because its not true. Just becaus you and your friends prefer one kind of science does not make the other fields any less important.
                    Hayastan or Bust.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Education Jobs

                      Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
                      Mos everything comes down to math but math alone wont solve our problems and that is why we need all these other fields of study. Psychology, sociology, history, economics are all very much scientific endeavors deserving of respect and have helped humanity greatly. Dont go around repeating Armanan's quotes about everything besides physics and math being irrelevent because its not true. Just becaus you and your friends prefer one kind of science does not make the other fields any less important.
                      Not saying we don't need other fields, I'm just saying putting a subject like political science as scientific as mathematics is not accurate at all. Many sociologists/psychologists use statistics without knowing much about it. They just press a button look at a p-value and start making "conclusions". Many times such conclusions turn out to be BS and naive as a result of not having a deeper understanding of the statistics they used to analyse it. Research in any field without having a decent knowledge of mathematics/statistics can be rather dangerous.
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