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by WalterBright 4250 days ago
My complaint about liberal arts educations is that they claim to impart "critical thinking" skills, and will often additionally claim that sci/eng does not.

Consider:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking

It doesn't even mention the scientific method!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

The revolution in the human condition has been brought about by application of the scientific method - it's the most useful critical thinking skill ever devised.