Charlie Munger and the liberal arts.

Although Charlie Munger is probably one of the greatest stoic philosophers of our time, he still disparages liberal arts majors. Yesterday, at this year's Daily Journal meeting, he said he was glad not to have a liberal arts graduate friend of his grandchild at the dinner table, lest orgies ensue, as if the rigors of differential calculus taught morality.

Properly taught, Engineering 101 does teach a certain sound way of thinking, but morality no. Previously, Charlie has argued that sound thinking is a moral imperative. I would argue that in general Charlie's way of thinking is exactly what liberal arts should be, an array of mental models from different disciplines, including the sciences. To be educated in today's world you have to know some science and math.