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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my experience, the people who criticize humanities majors, saying things like “have fun working at Starbucks” and “that’s a waste of time,” are from lower social classes and are overall less polished. On the other hand, those who are accepting of humanities majors tent to be more educated, wealthy, and well spoken. [/quote]

I mean, those people are just projecting their insecurities. The joke’s on them because humanities majors are best positioned to thrive in an AI-disrupted economy. Human creativity is going to command a premium in the workplace. It is already true. [/quote]

Humanities majors aren't human creativity. They are spectators to human creativity.

But enjoy coping. While English majors get replaced by ChatGPT writing marketing copy. [/quote]

Humanities majors learn to think. That's what reading, analyzing, and presenting and defending your analyses in discussions, presentations and in writing does. You get a broad based education and learn to think deeply and communicate.

English majors don't just write. They think. That's why their skills are so valuable in so many fields.[/quote]
Do you think CS/eng majors don't "think"? LOL[/quote]

NP. This is a genuine question bc I’ve never taken a CS class in my life, but does CS allow for multiple-things-true-at-once thinking? Or is it inherently binary?

Yes, I know what binary code is, and that this is by definition binary. I am not talking about coding. I am wondering more about the kind of broader, big-picture thinking that wades through the messiness of conflicting ideas, shifts in and out of different lenses and perspectives, and considers the “no right answers” questions.

Not judging, just trying to better understand the kind of thought processes involved, and if/how it is different from other kinds of thinking one encounters at university — from the hypothesis formation/testing of the scientific method, to logical reasoning, to convergent/divergent thinking, etc)[/quote]

Of course. Coding is an art, there are always multiple solutions to solve a problem; all with trade offs. Software architecture is like traditional architecture in this way.

There is almost always a solution or answer, the question is if the drawbacks are acceptable.

I was a BA philosophy major before switching to CS. The reality is that there are simply fewer people who can do real science and engineering vs the humanities; hence why it pays more.

Of course if you have a trust fund or wealthy parents then pay is irrelevant and you should study your passions. If you weren’t born to privilege and want to have a comfortable life, you should study something that pays well. [/quote]

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