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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy. [/quote]
How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?[/quote]

History doesn't give you soft skills.  History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.  [/quote]
STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.[/quote]

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.[/quote]

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. [b]Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum[/b].  Do both and you will be well rounded.  [/quote]

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.[/quote]
? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate?  Good gracious.  Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.[/quote]

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