• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The guy was a fine arts major too. Bunch of stem majors couldn’t figure it out for themselves.

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      6 days ago

      As a person who tends to come from the technical side, this doesn’t surprise me. Without a deep understanding of the subject, how would you come up with an accurate formula or algorithm to meet your needs? And with lighting in a physical space, that would be an arts major, not a math or computing major.

      Most of my best work (which I’ll grant is limited) came from working with experts in their field and producing systems that matched their perspectives. I don’t think this diminishes his accomplishments, bit rather emphasizes the importance of seeking out those experts and gaining an understanding of the subject matter you’re working with to produce better results.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah. I have a STEM degree and work in a STEM field, and it’s a bummer to see just how… not well rounded people’s educations are. Otherwise intelligent people that seem incapable of critical thinking.