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Re:American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped, Proving the 'Rev... by throw0101c on Monday April 10, 2023 @09:37PM (#35519657)
> Anecdotally I've seen people coming from a heavy STEM background struggle with nuance and ambiguity more than people coming from a well-rounded or heavy humanities background.

It could also be that folks that dislike nuance and ambiguity self-select to go into STEM fields because the problems and answers/solutions are more clear-cut and 'concrete'.

Also:

* https://xkcd.com/451/

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