/sci/ - Science & Math

>inb4 anecdotal evidence

THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH TALKING TO PEOPLE.

THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH SCIENCE, FAT AS FATASS. THEREFORE, THEY STUDY MORE.

GOD.

EXTROVERTED PPL R KKOOL THO I'M KINDA EXTROVERTED I NEED TO PEE.

>>5303333
Why are you even on 4chan?

>>5303329

as a general rule, to be a top scientist you have to be comfortable spending a lot of time alone...

and that is something extroverts are bad at.

QED.

>>5303335
For civilized intellectual discussion on a very high level.

Eysenck's Arousal Theory suggests that introverted people need less stimulation to reach their optimal arousal level, which is best for cognitive functions. So yes, I guess introversion would be helpful for activities with little stimulation.

However, transmarginal inhibition can occur when the optimal arousal level is exceeded and reverse the effect.


Why, would you look at that? An actual SCIENTIFIC answer to a question.
Also /thread.

>>5303340
>scientists
>work alone
I think what we have here is a case of generalization.

>>5303340
>scientists
>work alone
I think what we have here is a case of generalization.

>>5303329
No.

This belief is caused by the myth that brilliant mathematicians were very antisocial. This is simply not the case. Many of the best mathematicians and scientists were very social people. Take Feynman for example. He was an outgoing and charming person and had one of the best minds for physics in recent times.

Besides, it's more beneficial to be outgoing as a scientist. Science is all about networking. People who don't want to work with other people usually do poorly in science.

>>5303357
>>5303358

You two, and everyone else in this thread have absolutely no clue what you are talking about.
The question has already been answer.

>>5303329
I would say it is a hindrance to be introverted and be an experimental scientists. I think mathematicians and philosophers tend to be more introverted than scientists, on average.

>>5303363
Science is all about collaboration these days.

>>5303352
>SCIENTIFIC
>psych theories

Pick one.

>>5303372

0/10
The arousal theory has been experimentally tested. Why do you even post if you don't know anything about it?

>>5303379
because /sci/ thinks that anything without tensors isn't science.

>>5303379
Your reaction images make me want to strangle someone. I'm just sayin'.

>>5303363
But you didn't answer it.

Science is no longer about loners in their offices churning out single-author ground-breaking papers.

I don't think you have actually been to a conference or met many researchers.

>>5303387
those bandages you use when you hurt a joint

>>5303381
What's a tensor?

>>5303380
Pardon me, but that's not very scientifical of you.

>>5303381

It is not an opinion it is a fact

>>5303384

It's not about the sample "scientists". It's about the trait "introversion".
And that is exactly what I adressed in my previous post. The question was

>Are introvert people generally better at science and if so, why?

>>5303380
deal with it

>>5303343
DUMB FCUCK

>>5303394
>>5303386
>>5303379
>>5303363
Looks like we've got a new namefag, and he appears to be an expert at reaction images. Welcome aboard friend, glad to have you with us.

>>5303399
No.

>>5303394
>answering the same answer twice

>>5303405
err same question

>>5303402

Well thank you, kind Sir.
I've been haunting psychology related threads on this board for a while now.

>>5303405

You can't answer an answer DUMBB FCUFCK

>>5303402
okay, but only I can use Bane images.

>>5303413
>psychology

lol'd

>hey guys the theory that introverted people like to keep themselves busy has been proven!!!!

>>5303414
Yes, you can. See? I just answered your answer.

>>5303418
sqrt(mind) = blown^2

>>5303417

Introversion is part of the topics that are studied in differential and personality psychology. I don't see how this thread is NOT about psychology.

>>5303416
I will always read it in his voice.

>>5303428
Avatarfagging is against the rules

>>5303428
as you should!

>>5303358
What's this? A response that is actually accurate? Someone that knows that scientists today, more than ever, NEED to be social to network and collaborate?

Could it be...this man actually is involved in science?!

>>5303432

You are the first one to point that out.


Since the thread seems to be derailing, I assume the OP question is sufficiently answer and would therefore gracefully remove myself from this thread.

It's not really a matter of introversion or extroversion, it's more like those who know don't talk while those to talk don't know. This is quite true when you go out and interact socially and always hear people speaking out of their ass about topics they clearly don't know much about.

To people who use the scientific method in their lives to analyze things constantly and question and requestion things, we oftentimes don't want to speak of things we haven't confirmed for ourselves or unendingly argue with people who simply will never understand or even try to understand you.

>>5303358
being social =/= not being an introvert

>>5303329
>Are introvert people generally better at science

Yes.

>and if so, why?

Because they're smarter.

Introverted behavior has the potential to breed other mental negative habits that would have a detrimental effect on your ability to learn and think.

A smart man does everything he can to reasonably improve his learning capability. You are only handicapping yourself by being introverted.

You kind of have to be an introvert to do toptier science these days.

Mathematical proofs can take years of agonizing mindwork. Nights in at the desk are fundamental, ruling out a party lifestyle.

If you arent one already, hard science will make you an aspie.

>>5303561

Being an aspie has nothing to do with being an introvert.

Probably because in many cases, being shy is very related to being more self aware and introspective.

>>5303552
Let me guess - you consider yourself an introvert?

lol big surprise.

>>5303370
Is this why I haven't read anything significant in the news like the news about atom bomb recently?

>>5303641
-Failures of large hadron collider
-Fanatic and lame Theories of how the universe works
-Psychological experiments disguised as tv shows

almost 50 years of effort from the modern scientists there.

>>5303618
>Let me guess

You don't need my permission to guess.

>lol big surprise.

You didn't give me a chance to answer!

no they are not. You are introvert and want to be special

I think Introverted People are inclined to do science because they might like reading as a hobby so they might read science books.

Also someone who is an introvert will most likely prefer a career where they do not have to speak to people all day like sales.

My reason for doing science is because I'm probably an aspie and I don't have the social skills or don't want to be social when it comes to jobs. However I still like talking to people but not too much.

>>5303641
You shouldn't rely on the media to inform you of cutting edge research...

It is indeed a false positive in what you believe to believe that introverts perform better.

The truth of the matter is that any introvert who does perform better in your opinion than any extrovert would be better at what they do were they extroverted.

However it depends on how you use that extroverted nature.

When you hang around people who are as good or better than you at what you're trying to learn, you pick up things a lot quicker. A lot.

You can even argue that being extroverted helps you work while you're being introverted, because all those positive clues you picked up from those other smart people who were helping you will be helping you while you work alone.

>>5303693
Dude, I'm a media scientist. How am I going to inform my cutting edge research without studying the media. Defend your assertion that media scientists shouldn't study the media when doing media science!

DUMB FUCK

Someone posted something extremely retarded then it ended up getting deleted really fast.

You know who you are.

>>5303733
>media scientist
How does that work?

>>5305192

He uses the media to study media.
The Singularity is Nigh.

>>5305192
>>5305192

I get a stipend from the government to pay rent and tickets to buy food while I do my tv research.

>>5303680
Have fun presenting your work at conferences.
HA HA HA

>>5303579
Yes it does you fucking, retard.

No, they aren't. That's just another theory that came out of a circlejerk between introverts. Hurr durr we're the ones who get best grades in science our brains must be superior.

No, they aren't. You simply spend more effort/time on grades while others spend it on sports, girls or whatever. And it's fucking school science. Getting an A doesn't mean that you're the most inteligent person in the world and the NASA should be hiring you right now, motherfocker.

Once you get to university, or an actual job, you'll realise how wrong you were and how useless is to know something (if you even know it) if you can't make another person believe you, trust you or support you.

>>5303641
The Manhattan project was a huge collaboration.

>>5306242
umad though

every actor knows the quieter he is, the closer he can be to himself. when you play Shakespeare in close-up, in a film, and have a mike, and can really speak the verse, as quietly as this, you are not going against the nature of verse. you're going in the right direction, because you're allowing the verse to be a man speaking his inner world. this language is the language of thoughts. there are very few actors who can speak loud and still be truthful. that's the actor's problem.

>>5303352
See if that's the case then it is directly contradicted in higher levels of physics by not gently easing people into the theorems instead of the terms just getting droppped onto & then they burn out x receptor & lose that problem solving style of just taking a little bit from everywhere when their jumpstart for immaginative thinking gets overiden or cut out of their function premise entirely do to the fact that the constant overdrive of the many notations simply contradicted the impulse to bring more formuli into the equation

Can anyone think of a teacher that's undermined this & what did you notice they did

>>5306242
This. Just a bunch of introverts trying to make themselves feel better for having no friends.