I completely get it. You have an IQ of 145 and, a degree in engineering, like the Theory of general relativity, Number theory, quantum mechanics, and Set theory. But humanities? Because you hate humanities.
As they say, humanities are for those less intellectually able. And while research requires an extremely high IQ, the exact sciences are objectively unmatched.
I am not shy to confess that I am not able to study mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, or astronomy.
However, even some people with the gift to study the aforementioned disciplines are lured to understand why humans behave as they behave.
What can humanities offer?
There are such questions you may find interesting: Are we able to objectively grasp reality? Why do people help their own families rather than strangers? How God couldn’t have preceded abstract properties? Why do we need to suffer? How did we get away from obscurantism? Why foreknowledge requires determinism? Why do teenagers act the way they act? Why does human society make no higher sense?
Still not interested? Why our morality is flawed? Are we closer to moral nihilism or the perfect morality? Why are people prone to be religious? Why our history is in fairy tales, not exact data? Why our identity is illusion?
What is the educational minimum and why to have it?
Consequently, when you are clueless about the major information humanities can provide, you cannot properly understand our world. And you fail to grasp it in such a grand way that you are very unknowing.
No matter how much you study exact sciences and hate humanities, some elements are necessary.
Therefore, my recommendations are definitely far from being exhaustive, but hopefully, I will serve you well and you will stop to hate humanities.
Analytic philosophy (sorry for the lovers of the continental school, I don’t think you should be even aware of it) – epistemology, ontology, philosophy of science, morality, free will
Linguistics – language acquisition, language evolution, and the nature of linguistic universals
Economy – basics
Psychology – clinical and cognitive psychology (psychometrics – the “g factor” concept)
Politics (but not political studies) – I will strongly suggest avoiding politology as it doesn’t reflect reality; you should rather read stuff about the background that creates most of politics; the knowledge of the US puppet masters is necessary for every individual who wants to consider himself educated
Evolutionary psychology – we are slaves of the animalistic personality and sets of behaviors we cannot change; why we love
Psychiatry – elementary of this discipline outlines how a human mind can be twisted
Disciplines you don’t have to know when you hate humanities
So if you acquire my recommended educational minimum, I have a surprise for you. These are disciplines you don’t have to know: aesthetics, history, literature, art, musicology, cultural studies, communication studies, anthropology, sociology, educational studies, geography, theater studies, film studies, gender studies, and folklore studies.
I am saying they are not fruitful, you can gain a lot of knowledge and scientific facts, but they are not essential.
Maybe you won’t hate humanities
Maybe you will get interested, maybe not. But studying my proposed curriculum will maybe get you to understand the world to the full extent.
Then you can get back to your beloved exact sciences with the typical disdain for humanities.
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