Sunday, May 8, 2022

Some STEM Advantages

 After thinking about higher education for a long time, I am ready to conclude that STEM majors are really the key ones to pursue. And it is not only about jobs, it's about worldview.

In STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering and Math) courses, we must deal with reality, and not with the lofty world of "ideas". Not to say that STEM folks don't have ideas, and plenty of them, rather it's whether you spend most all your time just in that world of ideas.

In STEM subjects things have to work. The postmodern worldview doesn't work if there is no truth in statics and dynamics, in strength of materials, in statistics and accounting and life sciences. We can't talk about what "should be" or what is "just" or what is "fair". We must talk about what the data show, and what this means to our tested hypothesis.

I am sure we need the arts, and language and history and geography. I encourage you to read books on these topics, visit museums, enjoy music and other art. Likewise, students I encourage you to major in STEM topics. Your personal philosophy will be better for it.

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