It is completely inexcusable that people in STEM fields are so reactionary, considering how capitalism utterly destroys science.

If universities were actually "left wing indoctrination factories" like the right thinks they are, every STEM grad would be taught, for example, what Kropotkin had to say about innovation.

  • Reversi [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    How many people do you think are in STEM out of a pure love of their field versus a desire for wealth

    There's your answer

    • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      But seriously, I think the amount of the former is a lot more than people might assume. There are people who want to become an engineer to earn an engineer's salary, or who want to be the next Elon Musk, but outside them, you won't make it very far in science and math without a legitimate love of the material. If you're in it for the money you're wasting time and should just get a business degree or something.

      And even among those engineers, aren't they basically in the same boat as doctors? It's not like doctors are massively reactionary just because many of them chose that path for the salary.

      • Parzivus [any]
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        4 years ago

        This, big gap between the avergae science/math and engineering/tech people. Switching majors out of comp sci is probably the best decision I ever made

      • Reversi [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        They followed the line without thinking. So much for facts and logic, I guess.