When I studied engineering, and later math and physics - the overwhelming consensus was that the TWO philosophy classes we had, were useless BS classes. Total w

When I studied engineering, and later math and physics - the overwhelming consensus was that the TWO philosophy classes we had, were useless BS classes. Total waste of time. No "real-life" application. To me, that was very disheartening. Philosophy is the foundation of all academia, and will work as a basis for all things both in your academic life, and life in general. But that was very much a product of the "If it's not math/engineering/hard science, then it must be a wishy-washy nonsense without real-life applications" Which is also what a lot of technocrats seem to believe. Whether or not something is "useful", depends on how you look at it, and apply it. I'm sure a lot of STEM students would greatly benefit having some liberal arts classes (or similar). If nothing for making you a more well-rounded person.