{"id":3523,"date":"2012-04-07T08:08:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T13:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2012-04-07T08:08:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T13:08:06","slug":"gawker-on-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=3523","title":{"rendered":"Gawker on Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a list of academic disciplines, ranked by "realness" according to Gawker:<\/p>\n

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1.<\/font><\/strong> <\/span>Physics<\/span>

\n\t\t2.<\/strong> <\/span>Astronomy or other Space Science<\/span>

\n\t\t3.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/em>Philosophy<\/span>

\n\t\t<\/strong>4.<\/strong> <\/span>Engineering<\/span>

\n\t\t5.<\/strong> <\/span>Math<\/span>

\n\t\t6.<\/strong> <\/span>History<\/span>

\n\t\t7.<\/strong> <\/span>Chemistry<\/span>

\n\t\t8.<\/strong> <\/span>Biology or other Life Science<\/span>

\n\t\t9.<\/strong> <\/span>Foreign language (Useful type)<\/span>

\n\t\t10.<\/strong> <\/span>Computer Science<\/span>

\n\t\t11.<\/strong> <\/span>Agriculture<\/span>

\n\t\t12.<\/strong> <\/span>Geology or other Earth Science<\/span>

\n\t\t13.<\/strong> <\/span>Architecture<\/span>

\n\t\t14.<\/strong> <\/span>Literature<\/span>

\n\t\t15.<\/strong> <\/span>Law<\/span>

\n\t\t16.<\/strong> <\/span>Geography<\/span>

\n\t\t17.<\/strong> <\/span>Music<\/span>

\n\t\t18.<\/strong> <\/span>Economics<\/span>

\n\t\t19.<\/strong> <\/span>Study of Some Foreign Place or Culture<\/span>

\n\t\t20.<\/strong> <\/span>Archaeology<\/span>

\n\t\t21.<\/strong> <\/span>Anthropology<\/span>

\n\t\t22.<\/strong> <\/span>Religion or Theology<\/span>

\n\t\t23.<\/strong> <\/span>Art<\/span>

\n\t\t24.<\/strong> <\/span>Education<\/span>

\n\t\t25.<\/strong> <\/span>Foreign Language (Useless type)<\/span>

\n\t\t26.<\/strong> <\/span>Political Science<\/span>

\n\t\t27.<\/strong> <\/span>Drama or Film<\/span>

\n\t\t28.<\/strong> <\/span>Phys Ed, Sports Management or other Major Designed For Athletes<\/span>

\n\t\t29.<\/strong> <\/span>Journalism or "Communications"<\/span>

\n\t\t30.<\/strong> <\/span>Business<\/span>

\n\t\t31.<\/strong> <\/span>Psychology<\/span>

\n\t\t32.<\/strong> <\/span>Sociology<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You'll notice that Philosophy is #3.  Here is a comment about how Philosophy shouldn't be ranked so high from the thread that proves why:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exactly! Why single out art, but not music or philosophy?<\/span><\/p>\n

Then again asking for reasoning<\/strong> on a Gawker comment board is probably asking too much.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Priceless.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a list of academic disciplines, ranked by "realness" according to Gawker: 1. Physics 2. Astronomy or other Space Science 3. Philosophy 4. Engineering 5. Math 6. History 7. Chemistry 8. Biology or other Life Science 9. Foreign language (Useful type) 10. Computer Science 11. Agriculture 12. Geology or other Earth Science 13. Architecture 14. Literature 15. Law 16. Geography 17. Music 18. Economics 19. Study of Some Foreign Place or Culture 20. Archaeology … Continue reading Gawker on Philosophy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1354,1355],"class_list":["post-3523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-gawker","tag-most-real-academic-disciplines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3524,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions\/3524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}