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5dtetris-revisited · 1 month ago

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my soapbox stance of the day is that STEM and ASsH* are two parts of a universal whole in thought and analysis and any scientist who devalues art is an idiot and any artist who vilifies science is also an idiot.

*Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities. idk of an actual widely-accepted acronym

#YES this includes saying english degrees are useless and ALSO saying math is impossible to understand. it's all bias!#'i'll never use calculus in real life' shut the fuck up and THINK motherfucker #'the curtains were fucking blue' shut the fuck up and THINK motherfucker #yes we all have our strengths and weaknesses and different aptitudes for different subjects. but anyone can learn anything.#and when you learn something that challenges you and your inclinations. guess what. it improves you and the way you think.#skills aren't only about practical applications. the more we as a society dismiss anything we deem impractical the more vulnerable we get.#fundamentally STEM and ASsH are frameworks to learn skills that are practical and vital and the skillsets between the two are different #and BOTH VITAL #mathematical logic and critical analysis do more for me in my every day life than being good with a hammer does.#and i do value being good with a hammer don't get me wrong. it's a solid practical skill. but it's no more important than the skills i've-#-developed from both STEM and ASsH #and i sucked at math and hated it for years. i still can't do calculus because i have a trigonometry-sized education gap. but God i love it #and i love being good at it! not calculus tho i need to learn trig. bc i do *get* calculus but trig always comes up and then i'm fucked.#i have no parallel for this on the ASsH side i was always good at that stuff and always appreciated the skills within it.#but the point is! they're both important! for everyone!! like sure not everyone needs to be perfectly balanced but ong appreciate them!#about to hit post on this and i think maybe i'm glad i'm shadowbanned actually #anyway i'll die on this hill. standing on my soapbox. shouting probably incoherently. beating anti-intellectualism with my hammer.

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