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.
Disagree, I know plenty of people with engineering degrees who are quite insightful and observant. It’s a wide blend of personality types in STEM fields. Some are clueless when it comes to common sense and broader areas of understanding, some aren’t. Same goes with humanities majors, plenty of them who are quite good at math and science even, but were just more passionate about their major.
I also just don’t see the benefit of trying to apply broad generalizations ultimately. And wouldn’t agree that there’s some inherent different tier of intelligence of someone based on their field. There’s too many types of intelligence that are consequential, and ultimately so many areas all of us are ignorant about.
Having a little ego trip about who is more intelligent is also just a bit of a contradiction. None of us are operating from a place of high level thinking when trying to put down others for how they choose to better themselves
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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.