/sci/ - Science & Math

gimme a sec, I'll find the full blog post.

>>9243668
OP, I've been on the other side. I was failing out of STEM so I switched to the arts...now I'm back in college in my late 20's finishing what I started. I'm not even doing it for money...I make 60k a year and I feel like I'm slipping into dementia due to lack of stimulation.

If you have a genuine passion for science, you're making the right choice. I've felt like I've lived a life of ignorance up to this point. Partying hard and being lazy watching TV and vidya all day can get old quick. What you're learning will stick for a lifetime.

>>9244218
This guy is right, and to further his last point, even if you don't like what you do, it's way easier to transition into something else. My options were essentially the same crap.

>>9243986
This guy's mindset is terrible. He doesn't speak for people on their deathbed. What makes your 20's so special, compared to 30's, 40's? If you live a healthy lifestyle there's no reason you can maintain a youthful lifestyle into your 50's. You think Hugh Hef only reflected on his 20's?

>>9244241
I like you. What did you do your thesis on?

>OP wants a math gf
>thread immediately devolves into argument about Javascript and free software
never change, /sci/

>>8968209

find a field that interests you and read some GOOD popular science books about it.
what about science catches your eye? anything particular you find cool?

100% recommend reading Scientific American, btw. its articles are a good mix of technical and approachable, and they generally avoid the kind of sensationalistic distortion that makes a lot of science reporting absolute shit. (science section of the NYT is also usually good.)

>>8685733
>Actually that proves evolution because the environmental conditions made genetic mutations undesirable (in the vernacular eerie personification).
you're describing natural selection, not evolution. evolution is explicitly the CHANGE of populations over time.
there's actually a term for when a population isn't evolving (regardless of whether there is a selective force acting on it). it's called Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
t. paleofag

>>8676932
>>8676974
reminder, William Happer offered to write a paper in support of CO2 emissions, subject it to a rubber-stamp "expert review" to make it look more legitimate, and obscure the source of the funds, in exchange for a generous donation to his favorite denialist think tank.
>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/greenpeace-exposes-sceptics-cast-doubt-climate-science