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Originally Posted by pseudoreality
Numeric and basic science ignorance is a widespread problem in my Professional Engineering opinion. Scientists/Engineers, medical professionals, and other applied scientists not knowing every poem ever written or why some abstract painting is worth $80MM is less of a concern in my opinion.
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Humans have accumulated a lot of scientific knowledge in our time on this planet, including some foundational stuff that's useful for someone living in 2016 to know. We've also accumulated a lot of cultural knowledge about ourselves. It's handy to know that stuff too. For example, there's pretty much nothing in politics that the Greeks didn't identify and write about first, so knowing a bit about Thucydides can help us understand how a guy like Trump can find so much support as a presidential candidate.