They have a vision of themselves as STEM geniuses, even though many of them have no real background in science or higher math. Because they think those are the only things that could possibly matter, it’s important that they signal that they know lots and lots about them, even if that knowledge is really shaky and not very sophisticated or deep. Using phrases like this is a kind of in-group signaling.
They have a vision of themselves as STEM geniuses, even though many of them have no real background in science or higher math. Because they think those are the only things that could possibly matter, it’s important that they signal that they know lots and lots about them, even if that knowledge is really shaky and not very sophisticated or deep. Using phrases like this is a kind of in-group signaling.