Well, what you describe here (avoiding humanities) isn't the same as what you describe in you original post (discount fields as "pure nonsense."). That aside,

Well, what you describe here (avoiding humanities) isn't the same as what you describe in you original post (discount fields as "pure nonsense."). That aside, OP talked about what seems to be jargon, and unfamiliarity with it. "attempt and derive every other field from their own first principles" - sounds like an attempt to engage with a topic that goes further than merely learning the terminology. So I'm not sure what you mean by "adapt" in this context; but why do you assist on assigning blame/failure? Is it possible some topics are nonsense?