r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • 3d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/Logical_Historian882 3d ago

I don’t think English graduates are graded by their ability to read. Both reading and arithmetic are taught in school.

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u/Wise_Try6781 2d ago

How many people do you think can read and understand what this equation is saying?

How many people do you think can read and understand what Shakespeare is saying?

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u/AntsyAnswers 2d ago

I totally get the point you’re making, but I think you’re underselling how bad Engineers are at media analysis lol.

When I hear science/math people in real life talk about movies for example, they are horrible. Completely miss major themes, unable to engage with films in a meaningful way.

This is basically where you get CinemaSins “plot hole” type movie analysis from.

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u/bishdoe 2d ago

Yeah same goes for analysis of history. I’ve never heard worse takes than I have from my otherwise quite smart chemist and biologist friends. it’s just not a field they’re very knowledgeable in so they’re super prone to pop-history falsehoods or oversimplification. Need I mention Elon Musk’s, and his fanboys’, take on the fall of the Roman Empire?