Touchers of computers in their professional lives need to take courses in the humanities if for no other reason than so they can learn to distinguish the following categories of ideas commonly found in sci-fi

* Positive aspirational ideals worth striving for
* Contrivances for plot advancement or concessions to the medium that don't make sense in other contexts
* Bad ideas that the writer had that should be discarded
* Torment Nexus-style cautionary tales