I noticed since high school that even among reality-centric subjects, things could be broken down further into social sciences (ie. economics, history, etc.) and physical sciences. (ie. physics, chemistry, etc.)

I recall finding the latter subjects a bit interesting in high school; one summer I would even read ahead from the chemistry textbook a little; but my extra advantage at the time was actually in the more political subjects, wherein things that the teachers were recommending we do (such as watch the news) were things I had already been doing at the time. (Though ironically for that example, I rarely watch the news nowadays.)

But I also noticed that the more political subjects were a bit more disturbing, with the load of overwhelming dilemmas they required you to think about, whereas physics and chemistry were much gentler subjects. They were a little more difficult... maybe... but definitely not as dark. Trying to figure out a Hess's law calculation, for example, felt more like a puzzle, whereas trying to describe a perspective on the Nuremburg trials... I don't even know what to compare that to.

And then there is what you do with the material outside class. You can discuss what you just learned in history or whatever on the Internet, (I think 2006 was probably when I was most frequently referencing politics on this site; it was also the 2nd part of the school year when I did economics and history) making you think about those kinds of dilemmas even further... or you can do little chemistry or physics related things at home... such as reinforcing electromagnetism ideas by playing with magnets... and aside from the obvious safety concerns about electricity or about hazardous chemicals, what you do with physics and chemistry outside class just seems much more pleasant than what you would do with history or economics outside class.

And yet, we hear about how majors like physics and chemistry also are more practical for getting a related job than something like history would be... so when the very subjects that are more beneficial are also less unpleasant, would this qualify as a reversal of the idea that complaining about a problem is easier than helping to solve it?