Thank you for your reply. I was downvoted perhaps because people read my identification of the stereotype and thought that was my emphasis, but I honestly was curious. I myself am a physics type but I&#x27;m an armchair (or kiddie chair, really) philosopher. I specifically love philosophy of math and science because it&#x27;s closest I can get to it without feeling too guilty with wasting free time on something other than grad school (<i>cough</i>). My two favorite non-physics courses in undergrad were humanities types, a &quot;Presidential Leadership&quot; (history writing) course, and a general ed philosophy course. I would say that the philosophy course was one of the most important classes for I took in my five years in undergrad.<p>The reason I asked about whether it was a rule or even common is I hear about it often that I wanted to believe it was true, so I wanted others&#x27; experience. Philosophy, hell, history is hard, at least it was for me, so I don&#x27;t doubt people who think about such things are really intelligent...and that intelligence can&#x27;t translate well to something like hacking of mathematics. It&#x27;s good to hear it in your case it worked in your favor.