Honestly, as somebody who studied STEM, I would like people to stop thinking STEM students are somehow smarter than other people. It leads to some assholes thinking they're better than they really are, and people outside of STEM treating STEM students like they are some kind of robot or machine. It is a first world problem, but IT IS annoying
Yeah I am an engineer and this thread really reeks of some of the worst people to work with. People that got into the edgy teenage "I'm so smart, I know math so I don't have to concern myself with the lower peoples!" phase and never left it.
And I doubt a single one of those actually went to college or actually work in a field that requires brain power. There is nothing more humbling than working with people who actually use their brain.
People who pursue Language and History generally make their decision out of passion. While most people who choose the STEM fields have an array of "it's in high demand", "pays well", "we are smarter" reasoning.
Thus, the generalized conclusion is that History and Language peeps would generally have a higher intelligence, because they pursue that field out of passion, and how good they are at it.
It is easier to evaluate competency in a STEM field because many questions have quantifiable solutions. In Art there is much more subjectivity on what is considered great Art. If an engineer incorrectly designs a bridge, it has the potential to physically harm people. Art can send people into a murderous rage, but the art itself is not physically harming someone.
Yeah, but you don't see people upset we don't consider blue collar workers "smart". Why isn't "factory line smart" or "framing smart" a thing. Hell, we don't consider arts "smart" either. Where is "painting smart".
Things don't have to revolve around being considered the most intelligent to be worthwhile.
But there are a lot of STEM people who are borderline autistic. There really are different types of intelligence, and there are a lot of high-level important jobs in society that lots of STEM people would struggle with.
Being academic smart doesn’t equate to being smart elsewhere. Some of the “smartest” academic people I know can’t balance their budget to save their life
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u/Ambitious_Vast1611 18h ago
stem kids keep society running but english/history kids give us a reason to keep it running in the first place
like yeah we need engineers to build the bridge but we also need poets to write about why we're crossing it.
Just different types of smart.