>>24662895 (OP)
International relations, theology, and classical languages are three highest IQ humanities subjects. Pretty revelatory, when you think about it.
>>24663095 >>24663118
It's basically the arts, they have to treat eachother so seriously and act like their life's work wasn't always pioneered by literal bums with little to no backing from the communities around
>>24663212
the arts are actually middle of the pack (literature is actually quite high). at any rate, who wants an artist with a solid state physics intelligence (ie: factual/structural mania without room for negation, irony, passion play, hysteria, orgasm)? creatives are always halfway stupid. it's part of their charm. psychology postures like it's objectively based and every metric that substantiates my suspicion that it's a pseudo-discipline for pat-thinking dullards fills my heart with glee.
>>24663299
Given the state of cs grads these days I'd say absolutely. Having a good background in foundational subjects like math & physics will make it easier to worm your way into whatever the next big thing in STEM is.
>>24662895 (OP) >cognitively demanding tasks attract smarter people than tedious tasks >tasks involving abstraction attract smarter people than routine ones
Shocker
Also as a pure math chad who double dipped with classical languages I'll also say that basically everyone in the upper echelon is a double dipper of some kind
>>24663299 >switching majors because of a 4chan post
You should legitimately study whatever you're already studying because >sunk cost >questionable future value of any degree
Just get that shit done and get out while learning and picking up skills on your own.
A funny feature of smart people is that they're all miserable. Not performatively miserable like every asshole online these days: actually deeply despairing
>>24663783
Intelligence is correlated with but ultimately not strongly predictive of employment/earnings.
Pure math and /clg/ types are brilliant, fascinating people. They also tend to be chronically underemployed.
Interestingly, I once asked in /clg/ and nearly everyone in there seemed to have some kind of math background.
>>24662936
No? Even just according to this chart which seems pretty limited in the number of subjects it's listing, you missed out Comparative Lit, Russian, Philosophy and Classics which are all above Theology but lower than Classical Languages.
And why have Classics and Classical Languages been split anyway -- is this a US thing?
>>24663823
Yes.
US academia in its race to the bottom keeps dropping anything with the slightest rigor. Most classics programs still require classical languages, but many don't.
There was a small scandal some years back in which a lesbian "German studies" department head at NYU who raped her gay PhD advisees dropped German from the program requirements.
>>24662936 >International relations,
not at all kek these people are very low IQ and have low motivation to be dedicated to their studies. >theology,
not in my experience. They usually come from religious backgrounds that limit their freedom to think in many ways.
>>24663967
Just because they don't behave exactly like you doesn't mean they're stupid, engineering virgin. That int. relations majors can study hard AND let loose, or that theology types can think productively under constraint, as a matter of fact, DEFINITELY makes them smarter than you.
