Engineers: how many *required* humanities/social sciences courses did you have to take in undergrad?
I had 3 (literature, combo psychology/sociology, and economics 101).
I’m beginning to suspect anti-STEM activists don’t actually check this statistic before lecturing us
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Collateral Q: who does more damage to the world: (1) STEM majors undereducated in the humanities & social sciences, or (2) HSS majors undereducated in STEM? My view is that the STEM-ignorant HSS majors are more embarrassing but the HSS-ignorant STEM majors are far more dangerous.
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I think almost all of that is due to median STEMmie being in more consequential roles. But at the top the picture is inverted. Median CEO or politician or judge is STEM ignorant in more dangerous ways.
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Agree on both counts. As evidence for your second point, consider the Senate hearing for Zuck. The degree of ignorance among the Senators was BOTH embarrassing AND dangerous.
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