Not saying there aren't plenty of cases where that's a thing, but when I got my STEM degrees (5 years ago), the coursework was still quite rigorous and wasn't really corrupted in any way. And I'm hyper sensitive to that stuff.

I think you're largely referring to an abundance of corruption and plenty of unscrupulous people taking advantage of a shitty incentive structure to enrich themselves. The way I see it, this is indeed a real thing but can and does coexist with the notion that a STEM degree says a lot more about one's intelligence than an English degree.

Not saying there aren't plenty of cases where that's a thing, but when I got my STEM degrees (5 years ago), the coursework was still quite rigorous and wasn't really corrupted in any way. And I'm hyper sensitive to that stuff.

I think you're largely referring to an abundance of corruption and plenty of unscrupulous people taking advantage of a shitty incentive structure to enrich themselves. The way I see it, this is indeed a real thing but can and does coexist with the notion that a STEM degree says a lot more about one' intelligence than an English degree.