/sci/ - Science & Math

> "I also wish to exclaim that the more people living on this planet, the better our lives will be as our lives are already enriched by most everyone around us and in our past.

>China, as an example has a population of 1.3 Billion, yet its total land area is roughly equal to the US, it is still able to feed its people, AND it still have vast regions of unpopulated desert.

>China is 73rd on the population density list, below Germany for example.

>If the world (land region) had the same population density as Germany (which is really quite low), then there could be around 34 billion people. In reality we should be able to have 1 trillion people on our land area, 20 trillion if we were to apply all our current technologies and take advantage of the vast sea surface, under sea regions, and under ground regions.

>The US actually has to import food from China because we have let our farms and waterways steadily decline over the past 40 years.

>So what exactly is the problem? What is the wall preventing us from having more kids?"

discuss.

Wait.. has /sci/ already forgotten its (previously) hourly tier thread where you basically had this, taken to the extreme?

Well i guess the important thing is that you've found a way to feel superior to everyone.

I always compare degrees depending on who could understand the other's books...
therefore math is best :P

Fuck off, physicists.

You welcome :D

>>2458485
With out math the other sciences would not be possible...
and math an physics overlap a bit,
newton invented calc to solve physics problems....

As an aside, I hate all threads which has its topic as "x is not a science."

How "pure" must a field of study be in order to be considered a science? The only truly pure field of study is mathematics. Where do you draw the distinction and how do you measure the "purity" of a field of study?

Whenever these threads come up, I always imagine this strip.

XKCD

for your overthought humor needs

hey /sci/ im looking for advice
what kind of jobs does being a math major prepare you for
im doing shit like linear algebra, vector calculus, group theory, seqeuntial analysis.....
I intend on going to grad school with it.
help me please

I'll just leave this here..

Any physics majors on /sci/? I really like physics but I don't know what jobs I can get with a degree in it.

Anyone with a physics major care to share their stories?

How does /sci/ feel about this?

What field of work are you? What's your ranking in purity?

1 - 6

1 being Mathematician.

>>2344836

Why wasn't this posted?

$FIELD engineering is applied $FIELD science, discovered by scientists doing research.

>>2296231

Why do I have to post this image almost every week...

Also, 0/10 OP

If physicists are so much smarter than chemists, then why are they still stuck on hydrogen?

>>2261713


I think the best way to Piss off a scientist is an Religious extremist. I had a 2 hour convo with some religious nut about how god is amazing...She never stayed on topic, had lots of filler, and never answerd my questions... D:<

>>2242203

The more to the left, the more arbitrary it becomes.

It was only a matter of time before this was posted. I think psychology and anthropology straddle the line that separates sciences from non-sciences. Sociology has some numerical/statistical elements, but it's more qualitative and subjective than true sciences. Clinical psychology is not a science, but there are experimental portions of psychology that are scientific.

Funny, I just started a thread similar to this but I didn't see this one first.

IMO, Physics takes for granted the tools created by applied Mathematicians, and then uses these tools to construct hypotheses and to test them. Applied Mathematicians take the work of pure mathematicians and come up with uses for them (if any) according to their field of expertise. Pure mathematicians try to answer open questions, or come up with those questions, without necessarily having any ultimate goal in their work. There may not even be uses for their work for hundreds of years

>>2204973

>>2198375
I agree with this.
>>2198387
This pic is for the shitstorm of saying psychology is science.