I constantly use algebra/calc and graph data for my stem job. Everyone should have a similar base of knowledge. I don’t complain that I learned about the Mongolian empire or read Of Mice and Men.
Unfortunately, the people thinking they don’t need to know stuff are also the people “doing their own research” on vaccines and such.
Learning stuff doesn’t just impart knowledge, it rounds out your understanding of what you don’t know and where you should yield to expertice which is arguably equally as important as knowing stuff.
I constantly use algebra/calc and graph data for my stem job. Everyone should have a similar base of knowledge. I don’t complain that I learned about the Mongolian empire or read Of Mice and Men.
Unfortunately, the people thinking they don’t need to know stuff are also the people “doing their own research” on vaccines and such.
Learning stuff doesn’t just impart knowledge, it rounds out your understanding of what you don’t know and where you should yield to expertice which is arguably equally as important as knowing stuff.