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 nostr:npub1lqryxa3f6fcqnvhegruqtm8cc26ge89ll4kpueefgh0ca85hgxvq2ucqzp I'm a STEM person. STEM's important, but holy damn humanities are for everyone.

I'd not even argue about including mathematics in the humanities.  The study of math - really to study it - encompasses art, music, history, and philosophy. You cannot really understand math if you don't understand these things.

I was a musician before I was a mathematician.  Music theory made me interested in math.  If we don't have humanities, STEM is meaningless.