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I think the reason we grew up believing that people who study science are smarter is largely rooted in how society defines success. Medicine and engineering have historically been associated with financial stability, prestige, and job security, so they became the “smart choice,” and that perception eventually turned into a judgment of intelligence. But being a more financially rewarding career doesn’t make its practitioners inherently smarter. Science, arts, and humanities all require critical thinking, creativity, knowledge, and problem-solving, just in different ways. And reducing scientists to robots while portraying humanities students as inherently more creative is just another stereotype. Both fields contribute equally to human progress: science helps us understand and transform the world we live in, while arts and humanities help us understand the people living in it. The problem isn’t valuing science, it’s assuming that valuing one field requires devaluing another. Intelligence isn’t a hierarchy, and neither is knowledge
2026-10-27 09:34:54