this is totally unrelated to science lol.
i just want to ask all the successful physics students out there - do you have the impression that humanities students are dumber?
my crush goes to the best polytechnic in paris, while i got accepted into conservatoire de paris as a music student. it's a prestigious conservatory, i'm proud, and i worked my ass off to get to this level, but yet i still feel so stupid as a music student (not referring to other musicians, i feel like i'm just dumb in general)
music and physics, in theory, are completely different, maybe they have some similarities philosophically, but they require different kinds of intelligence.
i consider "instincts" as a part of intelligence - the kind which possess the dexterity and flexibility allows you to pick up and apply informations quickly, the kind that boosts creativity and enhances your observational and critical thinking skills enormously - all inherent qualities in an accomplished artist or mathematician.
as a musician, i can recognise the set of unreal talents possessed by only a handful of performers in the world. like any other profession, our industry produces huge batches of musicians constantly, yet only a few can come at the top. but i sometimes wonder; if we could quantify the highest talent in music and convert it into mathematical talent, would it still be substantial enough in the latter field?
not to sound like a jerk but even as an art student myself, i still hold stereotypes against my major like "we're homeless and jobless" "no promising future" "we do this bc we're miserable and don't have the brains for success" (i'm so sorry lmao, and i will debunk it with the fact that the best classical musicians are kinda... extremely well-off)
i was told by the boy that i have "high emotional intelligence and sensitivity". and based on personal experiences, the most eloquent people i know are usually musicians and writers. but i'm an materialistic bitch and i feel that im not good enough for my crush if i'm not at least sheldon cooper. i never had the chance to discover more about sciences and math, the best i can do is list those darn names of those physicists i remembered because i like a boy. i feel like i'll never be as good as him, what do you guys think?