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> STEM make up the tools we use to understand the world. So you're saying it's the only tool to understand the world? > As a bonus, the STEM way of thinking i
by alephnan 5y ago
> STEM make up the tools we use to understand the world.
So you're saying it's the only tool to understand the world?
> As a bonus, the STEM way of thinking is very useful for an honest societal debate.
What about philosophy, sociology, and liberal arts?
- webmaven 5y ago> > As a bonus, the STEM way of thinking is very useful for an honest societal debate. > What about philosophy, sociology, and liberal arts? That 'way of thinking' originated in Philosophy (and much of what we call STEM today was originally termed Natural Philosophy), and Sociology does in fact fall into the 'Science' bucket. As for the arts, I personally prefer the STEAM acronym in order to include it.
- gspr 5y agoIt's the only to we have that works really really amazingly well. Philosophy, sociology, the liberal arts would never put person on the moon, do heart transplants, give us vaccines, the internet, computing devices, etc. STEM is the foundation of all progress.