Talk about whatever, respecting the rules established by Lemmygrad. Failing to comply with the rules will grant you a few warnings, insisting on breaking them will grant you a beautiful shiny banwall.
A community for comrades to chat and talk about whatever doesn't fit other communities
If you’re wrong about something and someone corrects you that’s not a failure, it’s an opportunity to grow and further your understanding.
But I get it. I’m always nervous about not being rigorous in analysis and research. I don’t perceive myself as a particularly strong writer as well. I should engage in discourse more to improve myself, but that doesn’t change my personal hangups about doing it.
No comment on the textbook your are writing something on as I haven't read it.
As for degrees and imposter syndrome, I feel you on that. Though as a counter point I recently finished a masters degree. Many of my classmates who also successfully graduated didn't really understand many concepts in the program, they were confused in class discussion and did poorly on exams. That said they still have degrees. It also is worth mentioning that many lecturers lacked real world experience so could only state theory which doesn't hold up in reality. One even made a technically incorrect statement regarding how PKI works. So with that in mind, don't let a degree be the only determining factor.
Also 2 of the 3 highest scoring students in the program have completely unrelated undergraduate degrees. So your STEM degree can still hold weight in more social science fields.
Its because mErItOcRaCy is a perversion. Instead of real accomplishments (ie reading hard books, forming good thoughts, cditicizing in a thorough and productive way) are not factored in. System compatobility and boot licking is though.
I personally have no respect whatsoever for degrees and usually treat people who have degrees as less able than those who went ahead and studied something while working since they are usually underprivileged fighting folk instead of western whiteys with a nice house they grew up in. (Of course everyone has their own issues and a house to grow up in does not mean one doesnt have problems in life).
But still, I think the most productive people to talk to are those who read despite their education, not because of it.