This isn't growing *solipsism*, it's increasing the perfection of one's understanding of another object.
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The humbling of the ego is antithetical to solipsism, which is by definition closed off to things outside the mind.
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So growing solipsism, in the context of a ego being shrunk by an instrumental connection with reality is a sign of a *growing* scientific sensibility. (not a necessary result of "doing STEM"... in fact shallow talent can grow the ego in a narrow prowess/procedural identity sense)
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