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of course, I don't mean to downplay the importance of entertainment - just that it isn't the activity that will intellectually challenge people. Anyone can view a painting or watch a film with their own "understanding" of it, it takes dedicated learning to understand math, physics, etc.

I've been to introductory art courses where many students were able to arrive at similar understandings of various artwork as more studied art aficionados. If you were to do the same in a STEM intro course, you'd likely get special attention and it would be noteworthy.