• brsrklf@jlai.lu
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    5 months ago

    This is what bothered me in the original discussion, making it seem like being in STEM somehow doesn’t prepare you at all for critical thinking in general. On the contrary, I believe too there are people who develop it in part because of the S in there. It’s not necessary, but it’s an important tool.

    Hopefully people don’t need a college degree in literature to understand basic subtext. We ask kindergarteners to do that with Dr Seuss.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Hopefully people don’t need a college degree in literature to understand basic subtext.

      I think it’s about learning that it’s worth doing more than anything else.