I don't think I would argue that reading itself is as hard as learning and using math concepts, but it is a skill that can be lost. after a few years of mainly

I don't think I would argue that reading itself is as hard as learning and using math concepts, but it is a skill that can be lost. after a few years of mainly reading documentation and forum posts, I feel my skill at reading longer-form content has atrophied. > I've met plenty of STEM people who knew a thing or two about history, economics, and the arts. It's relatively rare the other way round, though you do get the occasional renaissance man from that side. most interested people can read pop-history, pop-econ, etc. type books and sound pretty knowledgeable in casual discussions, but all they are really learning is how to parrot a couple popular authors' opinions. I think the real observation here is that humanities are much easier to "bullshit" about than something like math, where it actually has to make sense within a rigorous framework. I would argue that the type of deep dives into original documents that you do in a humanities degree is actually quite difficult. to do this type of learning well is no easier than learning STEM topics, imo.