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		Aaronstotle on March 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Only Three Classes That Mattered from My Colle... I majored in Philosophy, and the largest benefit is that you walk away from the discipline with a good sense for how to communicate well, a natural consequence of distilling large ideas into short papers.

SketchySeaBeast on March 17, 2023 [–]

Not just communicate well yourself, but also to understand what someone else is communicating poorly.

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