/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4111959
My focus was on the evolution of biological mechanisms and pathogenesis specifically.

There was A TON of memorization but some bits you had to intuit given what you know about chemistry, physics, and biology. I did a lot of research actually, much of it having to do with evolutionary biology and the evolution of venom and toxicity.

If the minor details of how life works fascinates you and you just can't brush by with a general overview of how it works- biochemistry is for you.

I ultimately found myself working as a microbiologist for a pharmaceutical company, eventually taking over a production cleanroom. I did some testing, but almost nothing about that job really stimulated or satisfied me. It was like bad sex.

I got bored, started reading more and more about nuclear technology and talking to dad (aerospace engineer) and eventually arrived at the decision to go back and become a nuclear engineer.

The world needs power and wind/solar/tidal/geothermal isn't going to cut it. We'll need to build nuclear plants to fill the gaps and there simply aren't all that many younger guys in the nuclear engineering field. Couple that with the fact that not many places outside of the USA and France churn out competent nuclear engineers and you have a pretty solid global market for a rare skill set.

>I will NEVER understand liberal arts types

Parents should be concerned about a lack of laboratories, not when their kids fuck up in lab.

Ooh, poor baby has a boo-boo on his hand from a KOH spill? Too bad, that's the price you pay to learn science. The price wouldn't have been so high if you'd have bothered to learn safety and not dick around in lab.

Knowledge isn't free, it comes with a price. Part of the price of science is risk. I know a PhD that got chlamydial pneumonia and conjunctivitis in a lab accident. These sissy Jesus-freaks, fear-paralyzed national security types, and over-coddled drug warriors need to man up and deal with Science!

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I'm raging right now.

Last night, my girlfriend revealed her opposition to any form of nuclear power. When told that most nuclear accidents are mishandling or flukes, she says it doesn't matter.

When told that wind/solar/geothermal cannot realistically meet energy demand meaning that we'll need powerplants running on something else, she says that maybe we should learn to live with less.

When told about LFTR's, reprocessing, and the potential for fusion power, she shuts down and starts screaming that it's still nuclear and radioactive.

How can otherwise intelligent people be so stupid?

>Sorry if irrelevant, just raging.
She also says alternative medicine is bullshit, but refuses to take what she deems "unnecessary drugs" to help with common things like allergies.

>>3084423
It's from a series of T-shirts. I have one with the guy riding a bacteria with cilia, the "Science!" text is in the Star Trek TNG font and it's in that greenish-blue starfleet science/medical division wears.

Also, there's the pic on the back of the shirt up near my neck without the text.