• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    To your point, I’ve met quite a few STEM educated people who fall for this type of misinformation due to lack of historical and political literacy.

    Quite a few are also quite disrespectful to the humanities so they tend to be empathetically underdeveloped since they feel their whole life is about producing results and making progress at any cost necessary.

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      1 day ago

      I’m really happy to see this discussion here. Intellectual self defense comes from a well rounded liberal arts education. The type of people who whine about having to take general education and non science courses are already displaying an alarming lack of critical thinking skills; they are exactly the ones who need it most.