Scientists uncover knowledge, engineers apply it, but they're honestly very similar. They're like the bread and butter of human progress but having one without the other just isn't going to be very effective.
I still laugh at non-STEM majors though, except medical.
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[quote]I still laugh at non-STEM majors though, except medical. [/quote] I'm not a STEM major. I'm sick of this colossal superiority complex STEM majors have. Not everyone is good at Math and Science you know.
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Edited by Mitochondrion: 5/17/2013 6:17:29 PMYes but about people going into business, sports, history, literature, art, architecture, acting or politics though?
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Business requires at least some education in math to be good at, and some of the best managers of companies also have engineering backgrounds. You don't need a college degree for art. Everything else up there is worthless.
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Politics is what runs the country and so does economics
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Political science is a very useful major. The issue is that many of our politicians were poly sci majors but couldn't tell you who proposed special relativity. This results in leaderships that are scientifically illiterate, which are tremendously dangerous to the advancement of a nation.
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Agreed
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[quote]I still laugh at non-STEM majors though,[/quote] Well, if you flood the job market with people who want jobs in the STEM field, there will be a huge supply and not enough demand.
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Medical I believe falls under the S in STEM. Science