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Does society really benefit when the number of people studying STEM increases?

>> No.10515062

You could have everyone of average intelligence be educated in STEM it wouldn't make a difference. All that matters in terms of it's relation to societal benefits is that the geniuses who are suited to it study it because they are the ones who actually innovate and advance the field.

Think about it. The average person studying Physics will offer nothing to the field. He'll graduate, get dull engineering or management position. He'll then forget most of what he learned on his degree, only learn what is needed for the job and then live out his life until he dies. What does he offer society?

>> No.10515070

>>10515002
Sure. The more STEMfags in the workforce, the more money we can save by replacing them with Indian H1Bs.

>> No.10515084

no, technology has caused great physical and psychological harm to the world and one of its greatest harms is average, normal people with no great aptitude or interest in STEM to spending a large part of the first 22 years of their life being tortured with it for absolutely no good reason beyond some perceived economic efficiency.

>> No.10515093

>>10515002
Only if they are meaningly employed in stem post graduation. Otherwise any benefit is minor.

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>>10515002
>Another IQ thread

>> No.10515303

>>10515084
The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.