• nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    From my personal experience with these people it’s more of a “I got top grades in school, especially the difficult STEM subjects which means I’m just smarter and know things about everything better than anybody else”

    I’ve taken to calling this “engineer brain” but it certainly applies to more than just engineers. Math guys heard “the entire world is math” at some point and decided that since they know math that means they know everything.

    • macabrett@hexbear.netEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      As an engineer myself, we should force more engineers to take considerably more humanities classes. Absolutely embarrassing.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        My oldest friend is a mechanical engineer, in highschool he had a “south will rise again” flag in his room. Now we’re both basically 40 and I’ve turned him into a socialist. The nice thing about the math minds is if they trust that you’re honest and the facts are on your side they’re probably going to come around eventually!