Likewise studying humanities is not about remembering facts and names (albeit having historical and cultural context about the world we live in is deeply valuable), it is mostly about learning to think
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Studying math and physics does impart you with a certain problem-solving mindset and scientific rigor, which you retain long after you've forgotten every theorem and equation
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By that logic, studying humanities gives you an empathy and depth of human understanding long after you’ve forgotten the poems and philosophical arguments. You good with that?
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This seems accurate.
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I agree.
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Well put, although unfortunately some don't feel the samehttps://www.lci.fr/politique/video-luc-ferry-dans-la-vie-quotidienne-les-maths-ne-servent-strictement-a-rien-2078839.html …
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Sad that people think of math just as equations and not as a rigorous way of thinking.pic.twitter.com/POxQFlBvjZ
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We keep the most important bits...and we do this differently.
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Can you elaborate on that?
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Maybe one can imagine the shape of intelligence/thought as a vessel. If it has a bias then information/knowledge which is fluid will takes its shape. A scientific mindset is itself biased towards rigor, logic and reproducible evidence - no matter what the received information is.
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Think of 1500 technology and implementation vs 2018 technology and implementation
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