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[quote=Anonymous]Useless majors. Floundering. STEM is more rigorous.  wow.

From my own experience, having a degree in philosophy with A LOT of physics, math and computer science, I can say without hesitation that philosophy was a lot more rigorous. It required a lot more thinking and intellectual exploration. And the people in upper level courses had a far broader scope of intellect than the upper level STEM students.

I also find that STEM degrees tend to approach everything in a very regimented and formulaic fashion. And the vast majority of life cannot be reduced to the simple application of rules. Sure, STEMs may be immediately employable at a higher salary. But is that the goal?  If it is, then by all means pursue that, but it seems to sacrifice a substantial amount of life's richness in pursuit of a 6000 sqft home. That's pretty empty to me.

I personally would hope that people encourage their children to pursue a path that encourages life long learning and exploration. I've noticed over the years that those who were "forced" to pursue degrees they really weren't interested in because it was a career path tend to abandon learning later in life. Education became a chore to be tolerated and not a process to be embraced.  It's sad. [/quote]

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