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Apologies, missed this response. Do you have an email address I can reach you at? It depends somewhat if you’re really interested in the “human” or “social” sciences, but I really do recommend that Eco How to Write a Thesis book regardless. It conveys the old secrets of how to enter humanistic scholarship — and was originally written to allow even working class Italians who might only have access to a library for an hour a week to do so.


Hello! Not sure if you were going to send me an email or not. I did have a question: How do you discern the human and social sciences? To be honest I'll probably love dabbling in both :)

> originally written to allow even working class Italians who might only have access to a library for an hour a week to do so

Btw this was very encouraging for me to read! As I'm definitely struggling to find enough time/attention in a day to do intellectual stuff.


Yeah I'm realizing that HN doesn't have a good way to check for replies. Makes it hard to have any discussion lasting more than a few days... I would really love to follow up on all the comments I'm getting and thank everyone etc. So much missed opportunity :(

My email is my username, but replace h with huang, at gmail.com :)

Yes I've been looking at Eco's Thesis book, looks very relevant!




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