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theadvancedapes  ·  4058 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Smarter You Are, The Stupider You Are

Essentially what this means to me, is that it is very important to have a diverse education that includes acquiring skills related to both quantitative and qualitative reasoning. I feel like emphasizing a diverse education in the humanities and sciences (the "two cultures") is imperative. Throughout my entire academic career I have been caught between the two cultures and I see the perils of being on either polarized end of the cultures. People in my humanities courses would be fearful of science and math; and people in my science courses were the worst writers and quite sub-par critical thinkers (especially related to important socio-political and historical issues.





mknod  ·  4058 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is it right here. A lot of STEM students I've encountered disregard the humanities as useless fluff, when in fact they can help enrich and even help define their scientific view points. Giving a broader and bigger picture to their education.

In short, do not dismiss a theory or idea based on pre-conceived notions. Instead constantly take account of your beliefs and look at them from a fresh view point.

Kafke  ·  4056 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    People in my humanities courses would be fearful of science and math; and people in my science courses were the worst writers and quite sub-par critical thinkers

Really? I noticed that most people, humanities or science/math are pretty ignorant and non-thinkers. It's crap either way. But both sides have a few gems that rise up.

I end up correcting humanity papers, and I'm in comp sci. I think it's more of an issue of actually thinking rather than just going with the flow like most people do. There's a difference between being educated and being intelligent.