/sci/ - Science & Math

I chose to pursue the PhD because I didn't want to go be an office worker after finishing my undergrad.

>>11084208
Because people are gullible sheep who go through the motions. The big players always hit a rock bottom some how early on to realize the truth. ie. Tesla gambling away his parents savings, hitting rock bottom, Newton being an abandoned orphan who had fantasies of killing his stepfather and mother, etc etc. Average PhD student is just a useless pseudointellectual who can't actually think - just repeat.

>>11084208
what the fuck is a postdoc?

>>11084208
>the only goal in life is the amassing of wealth
underage begone

>>11084208
>spend months writing thesis maybe a dozen people will ever read

A dozen? Your optimism is heartwarming.

>Why do so many people choose to go for a PhD when it is so obviously a terrible idea? And why is academia so full of bullshit?

I find it fun. I don't really want that much money.

>>11084256
>wanting a fair wage for work is equivalent to greed

Are PHDs dysgenic?

>>11084208
I did it because I got paid to do what I already would be doing with my free time if i was financially free. There is nothing better than job satisfaction and being extremely invested in your research just for the sake of curiosity. I live to do these types of experiments, not do the experiments to make money to then consume.

>>11084208
>have the resources to survive for 8-10 years of studying
>get a PhD
>become a professor
>shitpost on /sci/

I bet you're an underage pos.
People go for PhDs because they like it, and having the opportunity to stay in academia for so long is a massive privilege, most people can barely afford a short undergrad course.

>>11085491
Absolutely based.

>>11084208
If your purpose is to make money then you're just a slave to the system and you'll never be happy.

>>11084288
It is, learn to work for free goy

>>11084214
and what "truth" do these people realise exactly?

I wake up in the morning and the first thing I remember is that I have my goddamn doctorate in mathematics, this results in an immediate rush of endorphins and testosterone which will last for the rest of the day. I then get to work writing down the proofs to the theorems that I solved in my head last night. After that I fuck my 10/10 wife while thinking about my research. I then leave without eating breakfast since I no longer require sustenance. Next follows morning lectures gracing plebs with some invaluable insight into my mind and its firm grasp on the most important field of study in human history. The rest of the day I spend developing various mathematical structures on blackboards, the results of which will be applied to curing all cancers and building thermodynamically efficient cold fusion reactors. As the day winds down I ponder my surreal existence, I have to dig up my degree to remind myself of the reality that I do in fact have a PhD in mathematics. Finally I fall asleep holding my doctorate and 300k salary slip in my arms.

And then I do it all again.

>>11087518
electricity flows from positive to negative they just put the colours around the wrong way to fuck with everyone

>>11087694
?
electrons flow towards a positive charge

>>11084208

Imagine being a soulless shekelbrain with no aspirations besides amassing shekels.

>>11084213
And how did it turn out?

>>11087615
Newton, for one, realized that even if you were racist, sexist and had multiple written accounts about wanting to beat your sister and kill your mother, if you invent Calculus most goy textbooks will mention the calculus part and not the beating women part.

>>11087759
nah, weird family life is a prerequisite for being weird enough to study hard for obscure things nobody cares about instead of banging chicks or raising children.

>>11087751
>implying shekels aren't freedom points redeemable for incredible experiences

>>11087671
Do math PhDicks really get this much? I'm finishing my specialist degree in math soon, should I go for it?

>>11084208
>get 2yr degree
>make $100k per year
Nuke plant life

>>11084208
>Why do so many people choose to go for a PhD when it is so obviously a terrible idea?
well pretty much anything else is even more terrible, like getting a job in mcdonalds.

>And why is academia so full of bullshit?
I think this whole world is full of bullshit, this idea of massive production gets all over our society. Are not academics "encouraged" to publish articles, just for the sake of publishing? They do not give a fuck about the content or impact of the article they just want numbers, just like any other "evil" company, like Disney, for instance.

>>11084208
>>spend rest of your life teaching elementary calculus to unmotivated undergrads. If not, doing a job in industry or national labs an engineer could do

Or you could be a pure researcher in a country less shitty from all points of view than the US. No teaching, doing whatever you want.

>>11087756
He's posting in 4chins, that alone explains how well it went.