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>tfw not a scientist

>> No.4813972

>>4813706
>tfw not a scientist
feelsgood.jpg

STEMfag, pls

>> No.4813993
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4813993

>tfw not a philosopher

>> No.4813998

>>4813993
since when is Bukowski a philosopher?

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4814005

>tfw not doing

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>tfw not a thing

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4814015

>DFW not a Form

>> No.4814104

How do I make money/live/not die?

>> No.4814138

>>4813998
from the moment he took his first drink

>> No.4814146

>>4813998
Bukowski is a barstool philosopher

>> No.4814400

>>4814146
And Hemingway is a bait and tackle philosopher, Jane Austin is a parlor philosopher, and Tao Lin is a mega mall philosopher...

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>>4814104
become a garbage truck man
>full benefits
>exercise
>$40,000/year
>few work hours

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4814426

>tfw am scientist

>> No.4814429

>doing research funded by the ruling class and directed to intensify their power
>glamorous
>glamorizing anything except in art

>> No.4814541

Can /lit/ recommend books on science learnin' for idiots? As embarrassing as it sound, my interest in science has been piqued by Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. I don't know where to start.

>> No.4814562

>>4814429
french beret pls

>> No.4814565

>>4814541
http://www.amazon.com/Paradigms-Lost-John-L-Casti/dp/0380711656

>> No.4814575

shhhhhhh, this is you being brainwashed by society's influence. It makes logical sense that the sense of ego you experience from indulging in the predetermined "coolness" of certain social roles (scientist/writer/engineer/artist) and the fantasy of playing those roles.

Make no decision based on these indulgences and feelings, unless you wish you want to be a "slave", and avoid looking at yourself in the mirror, because that is simply feeding your egotistical sense of self (purely a result of society) and nurturing it to dangerous heights.

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4814578

>tfw not an engineer

>tfw philosophy major hippie trash

>> No.4814589

>>4814541

OpenStax publishes a physics text that is genuinely good, you can download it free as a PDF or order a hard copy for a pittance. They have some other texts on biology/chemistry/etc but I don't know what they're like in quality. Khan Academy is better than doing nothing at all, at least it'll get you thinking in a scientific way.

You'll also need to learn some mathematics, especially if you want to read to a decent level in physics and astronomy. This really is my bailiwick (maths student) and I would recommend

Paul Dawkins online notes for Algebra, freely available as a PDF on his site and there are also a bunch of practice problems there
Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach by Morris Kline (Published by Dover)
Matrices and Linear Algebra by Schneider, Barker (Published by Dover)
Ordinary Differential Equations by Arnold (Published by Springer)
How to Think Like a Mathematician by Kevin Houston (Published by CUP)

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>>4814575

>haha look at these primitive humans succumbing to their natural desires and fucking each other repeatedly!!

>haha look at these humans enjoying delicious steak dinners, truly they are slaves to their gastronomic systems!!!

the only real freedom is the predetermined kind you acquiesce to.

>> No.4814605

>>4814595
Well as long as you are aware. i suppose

YOU'RE RIGHT OK YOU FUCKING OWNED ME NOW SHUT UP

>> No.4814606

>>4814565
>>4814589
Thanks, friendos.

>> No.4814630

>tfw you'll never be stupid level smart scientist like in comic books and cartoons

hey bros i just discovered this power source using my ftl travel tech that will allow us to power earth for 100 billion years without pollution

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>>4814008
Mfw I was a scientist with a degree im biology from UMaine Machias and was a graduate student at Jackson lans in Bar Harbor and I quit it to become a full time writer.

>> No.4814709

>>4814562
I think you mean Basque beret

>> No.4814787

>>4814652
basque berets are only good if you are a leftist chauvinist

>> No.4814791

>wanting to be a scientist
>wanting to pay tens of thousands for a piece of paper
>wanting to have your ability to save crippled
>not becoming a plumber/carpenter/electrician by taking up an apprenticeship/going to a polytechnic

>> No.4814801

>>4814791
Right because doing the same shit every day on well known systems will totally sate your curiosity and your desire to discover and understand.

There's nothing wrong with doing a trade or whatever if you're not someone who's not interested in that, but it's a pretty shitty existence for someone who is.

>> No.4814820

>>4813706
Can everyone stop posting arguments from assertion and explain why Sagan isn't a scientist? Sadly, we aren't magical creatures who can unpack someone's thought by looking at a single sentence.

>> No.4814877

>>4814709
>basque beret
>not txapela

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>>4813972
>closing your mind to any peoples' wisdom

>> No.4814891

>>4814820
It's just people who want to feel superior because the were bullied or something

>> No.4814958

>tfw BSc but too stupid for grad school
i liked my labs :(

>> No.4815020

>tfw have to hand in bioinformatics thesis in January
>tfw have to finish a paper and a bookchapter first

Come for the science, stay because you have to write more, and more, and more.

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>>4814709
<3 (Though not directly Basque, I apparently share some of their genes)

>>4814787
What do you mean?

>>4814877
>Tips txapela

Cute book, btw.