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STORY TIME: Harry Potter Sorting Hats, and Academic Disciplines A 🧵 https://t.co/dNJSkwPa6y
@QiaochuYuan is right, they aren't particularly good at relationships. This is because: *people go study psychology because they're drawn to find out what's wrong with them* it is not the case that psychology makes you charismatic or better at relationships
professions and areas of study act like the Harry Potter Sorting Hat. They look inside of you and bin you with a kind of crew of people https://t.co/pJQ9s4sRVJ
would it surprise you to learn that a lot of computer science people are introverted? They chose a profession that had them talking to computers 8 hrs/day That accountants are detail oriented & analytical? That nursing students are caring?
yes yes, we have to cop to it, these *are* stereotypes and don't hold for everyone. And yet how many extreme introverts go into sales? How many artistic empaths go into accounting? Some, for sure but not most. The sorting hat isn't perfect but it's pretty good
So I studied engineering & a technical discipline, got a double major. And I noticed: all my psych friends were a bit messed up, empathetic extroverts all of my techie friends were straightlaced, introverted analytic sorts and they disliked each other
for the record if you're having the sandpaper problem the recommended approach is to gradually transition to finer and finer less harmful grit levels and gradually wean down roughness until you reach non-harm #WeirdStuffIWishIHadNeverLearnedAndStillDontWantToKnow