==while the "quarter-intellectuals" that took some low-effort third-rate humanities courses tend to fall victim to Dunning-Kruger more often, and offer simple solutions/explanations to overwhelmingly complex topics.==
Are you sure you don't have some sort of bias here? In my experience humanities study involves lots of critical thinking and reasoning.
Wikipedia [1]:
"The humanities use methods that are primarily critical, or speculative, and have a significant historical element —as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences, yet, unlike the sciences, it has no central discipline. The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, history, human geography, law, politics, religion, and art."
People studying this would seem less likely to rely on simple solutions and fall victim to Dunning-Kruger.
Google ran a test of their employees skills and found that many humanities-based skills are more highly correlated with success than STEM skills [2].
"Project Oxygen shocked everyone by concluding that, among the eight most important qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM expertise comes in dead last. The seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas."
> In my experience humanities study involves lots of critical thinking and reasoning.
I've never understood this argument. STEM requires far more critical thinking and reasoning than the humanities. The scientific, medical, and engineering achievements you use every single day stand as mute proof of that.
Are you sure you don't have some sort of bias here? In my experience humanities study involves lots of critical thinking and reasoning.
Wikipedia [1]: "The humanities use methods that are primarily critical, or speculative, and have a significant historical element —as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences, yet, unlike the sciences, it has no central discipline. The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, history, human geography, law, politics, religion, and art."
People studying this would seem less likely to rely on simple solutions and fall victim to Dunning-Kruger.
Google ran a test of their employees skills and found that many humanities-based skills are more highly correlated with success than STEM skills [2].
"Project Oxygen shocked everyone by concluding that, among the eight most important qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM expertise comes in dead last. The seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities [2] https://outline.com/TJAaaZ