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Arts & STEM (mander.xyz)

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[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 days ago

In Canada we call it STEAM now. Because where the hell do you think design comes from?

[-] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In Europe we have GOG instead
G - science technology engineering maths
O - ond
G - gumanities

[-] T156@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago

G - gumanities

Or as we like to call it, GNU/Gumanities.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago

Or, as I've taken to calling them, GNU plus Gumanities.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I do art, btw

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

GNU is not umanities.

[-] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

why is this so fucking funny

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

My subjective interpretation of STEM is "degrees you need to know calculus for". They're all math heavy, with precise answers. While the arts are certainly important, I just don't see how they fit that motif. What is this supposed to accomplish?

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Art is about analyzing the questions, design is about analyzing the solutions. Many engineers I've met get wrapped up in the process and fail to address the actual issues.

This guy is the textbook example. His projects always go down deadends and lose scope. He would definitely be better off with some CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) before he runs off to his CNC mill with a $200 block of aluminum.

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

I don't think I've had anything calculus related in my biology degree.

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So THAT'S why a biologist had to reinvent calculus in 1994:

“A Mathematical Model for the Determination of Total Area Under Glucose Tolerance and Other Metabolic Curves”, Mary M. Tai, Diabetes Care, 1994, 17, 152–154

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Guess biology isn't STEM then, sorry.

But in all seriousness, calculus (and by extension differential equations) is super common in bio. Reaction rates, stable population sizes, micro and macro. I'd be surprised if you never came across it.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Which is why all the bio papers are n=2

[-] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

You need calculus for vibe coding?

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Vibe coding without any prior knowledge is just a catastrophe waiting to happen. Vibe coding with prior knowledge just makes you realize how dumb the AI is the moment you try anything else besides throwing a website together.

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

I agree.

The more wild version I saw of STEAM had Agriculture as the A. I also felt that was redundant since modern agriculture involves a lot of science (biology) and engineering (equipment).