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Don’t tax me Libertarians. Somewhat common among engineers. Big on “law and ORDER.” Probably big on “closed borders.” But, want a good landscaping crew and good construction workers at low rates.

Look at an engineering curriculum. It’s possible to go through college barely reading a book, fiction or non-fiction.

They’ve been this way for 40-50 years.

I started Mech Engr in the fall of 85 at Clemson. As I recall, we had 17 hours of free electives plus one or two English electives. That was it; everything else was technical and all classes except for a few tech electives were prescribed. I suspect ABET requirements don't leave much room for anything else in a 4 year profram. I have always thought that is unfortunate.

So yes, a lot of engineers, including me, miss out on good philosophy, psyc, lit, history, religion, etc. That sucks. However, my son finished Mech Engr at State last spring, and he has talked about some "softer" required engineering classes like ethics. So maybe things have improved since I was in school.