Professional Fallibility and the Glut of Information
The Ideal of Professional Knowledge
True and False Loyalty to a Profession
The Gap Between Fact and Ideal
The Ideal Compared to the Real
Professions Based on the Ideal of Mathematics and Abstract Quantification
The Pain and Suffering of Those Who Fail
Loss of Self-Esteem and Opportunity to Receive Higher Education
Low Level of Math Competency of Those Who Pass School Examinations
The Ideal of Science: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, and Biology
The Ideal of Social Science: History, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, and Psychology
The Social Sciences as Taught and Practiced
The Promise of the Fine Arts and Literature
The Reality of Instruction in the Fine Arts and Literature