/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10724098]

Who got you into science?

[Anonymous No.10724116]

>>10724098
Rick and Morty

[Anonymous No.10724122]

>>10724116
imagine being this much of a brainlet
>>10724098
miss frizzle

[Anonymous No.10724154]

>>10724098
I used to be only into CS before, but steins;gate got me into math and physic and drugs into biology and chemistery

[Anonymous No.10724159]

>>10724098
No idea, it was always the obvious choice

[Anonymous No.10724287]

>>10724098
/our/ queen

[Anonymous No.10724457]

>>10724098
Mythbusters

[ZakuroTakashima No.10724482]

>>10724098
IQ tests and my study of them ^^, it lead to some research into the philosophy of science and epistemology, I discovered a lot from studying high-range IQ tests (like those from this website: https://iqexams.net/)) (iqtest.dk also has interesting problems) to the extent that I developed various theories about better ways to develop a problem solving method that became more akin to a scientific method and this lead to a fascination with science in general!

[Anonymous No.10724491]

>>10724159
This. Probably videogames, movies, and having center-liberal parents

[Anonymous No.10724493]

>>10724482
this is a very funny post, and also very depressing if it isnt bait

[ZakuroTakashima No.10724497]

>>10724493
so it's also depressing then, but why?

[Anonymous No.10724502]

>>10724497
imagine spending all your time studying puzzles instead of actual math and science, that are actually useful and apply to the real world. imagine thinking there is anything to gain from getting good at these puzzles.

[ZakuroTakashima No.10724504]

>>10724502
Not all time tho
Just an exploration that couldn't have been done as well as it was achieved in the scientific context because IQ puzzles aren't as laborious as science so it's a lot easier to analyse the process of solving them, and it leads to lots of theoretical developements, you should try it!!

[Anonymous No.10724510]

>>10724154
Oh my god same

[Anonymous No.10724519]

>>10724504
>it leads to lots of theoretical developements
like what?

[ZakuroTakashima No.10724538]

>>10724519
Like the broaden, narrow, and systematization theory (which I created)
or some ideas about locks and keys and how one can reuse abstractions of the solutions that one has come up with, or thinking about problems in terms of expected and actual states and the bridge between them (I used many metaphors in my earlier theories)
The more recent theories try to integrate Merleau Ponty and Wittgenstein in epistemology in a way that distances the theory from a "picture theory of language"
an interesting though obvious discovery is that you have to experiment rather than outright dismiss any intuition you have, that is going through each step you might realize that at some point in the experiment something might go wrong and that can give you a hint as to what's the underlying mechanism
The use of horizontal and vertical analogies and I improved these ideas through the use of semantic pointers
Trying to understand noise for instance, which is used a lot to confuse those who solve the IQ test
decision trees to test multiple hypotheses
I wrote some large pseudo code back then that described the process and I also rewrote some of the IQ test problems in certain ways so as to make things a lot harder and it was quite interesting
Lots of ideas about relations and entities (in the early versions)
About the various places where one gets stuck and that one can try to find a way to circumvent them that works for all of them
About the relationship between the theoretical framework and the hypotheses
How problem solving is related to conflict and the hero's journey, as well as the reframing of science either as simplification or as analogy so that the journey returns back to the whole with a new insight
There are lots of things that I discovered, though it was a long time ago, I want to look into all the things I wrote about it, which are lots and lots of papers, crazy diagrams, and disorganized metnal maps on the subject

[Anonymous No.10724545]

>>10724098
My father, who was a organic chemistry professor. I've got a copy of his PhD dissertation around here somewhere. Had to do with the stereo-chemistry of a particular reaction, back in the days before computers could help model all that.

[Anonymous No.10724567]

>>10724098
Connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ

[Anonymous No.10724569]

>>10724098
I was very curious since i was a kid, so no one really, but certainly my parents helped me all the way. I can't complain.

[Anonymous No.10724573]

>>10724545
And what do you study lad?

[Anonymous No.10724580]

>>10724569
Same. My grandparents really encouraged me but I've always been unusually curious about everything, so naturally I was drawn to science/math.

[Anonymous No.10724660]

>>10724098
Birth

[Anonymous No.10724669]

>>10724098
A book about the sky, stars and planets I got when I was in 2nd grade

[Anonymous No.10724695]

>>10724154
>drugs
>math and physics
we don't need you in math and physics please leave and stay with your degenerate biofag friends.
>>10724504
>>10724538
you know you have to be 18+ to post here right?
fucking schizo posters.

[Anonymous No.10724715]

>>10724098
Fell down the physics rabbit hole while trying to find out whether Anomalous Materials was something a theoretical physicist would work with

[Anonymous No.10724717]

>>10724098
Myself

[Anonymous No.10724722]

Read some pop-sci on SR when I was about 12, mind-blowing at the time.

[ZakuroTakashima No.10724737]

>>10724695
It sounds pretty fuzzy and vague but the truth is that I've written a lot about it, and it's not just some schizo ramblings, but I'll have to reread it

[Anonymous No.10724765]

For me, it was Dr. Lawrence Krauss. Science is the best way to spend my time. Sometimes when I'm at the library I try to check out books over the limit and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time when i was a kid I went to the book store and tried to buy three popular science books, but forgot my money at home. Dr. Krauss was working as a merchant then because of some misunderstandings at his university, and he let me have them for free! I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly theoretical physicist laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me a discount. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local Barnes and Noble, I go there at least 3 times a month for a pop-sci book and the latest issue of scientific american instead of ordering it straight to my house, 1-2 times a year for a textbook, and maybe once for a lunch when i want to fill my stardust-made brain with knowledge in an excellent atmosphere.

I'm even starting a PhD in cosmology in the fall! What a great occupation.

[Anonymous No.10724772]

>>10724098
A burning, seething, absolute and total desire for vengeance. A complete wish of venerable obliteration upon a hated foe. A monstrous ambition to dominate the eternities and become master over all that exists for the sole purpose of crashing it down on that which enraged me so.

[Anonymous No.10724777]

>>10724715
:(

[Anonymous No.10724788]

>>10724737
>I've written a lot about it, and it's not just some schizo ramblings
Sorry anon, but dozens and dozens of pages that nobody in the world understands nor is of use to anyone would be "schizo ramblings"

[Anonymous No.10724804]

I felt too smart for /lit/ so I forced myself into /sci/

[Anonymous No.10725055]

>>10724098
Science Fiction writers like Isaac Asimov

[Anonymous No.10725071]

>>10724098
My lack of trust in scientists.

[Anonymous No.10725085]

>>10724098
im a natural born genius who doesnt need to be influenced

[Anonymous No.10725095]

>>10724098
babbytier YouTube videos (khan academy, recorded community college math/science courses, Wikipedia articles on historical STEM figures)

[Anonymous No.10725096]

everyone around me being brainlets that believe every conspiracy theory

[Anonymous No.10725102]

>>10724098
My mom

[Anonymous No.10725134]

>>10724098
Science.

[Anonymous No.10725146]

>>10724457
Same

[Anonymous No.10725211]

>>10724098
My high school physics teacher. Well, it's not like he particularly encouraged me to go into science or anything, but that class (AP Mech), along with AP Calc, was the first time I was actually actively engaged in my science and math classes and actually gave a shit. It was also the first time I felt challenged by the material, since high school biology and chem (non-AP at least) are total pushovers. Doing physics problems actually felt rewarding, unlike memorizing bio facts or doing the 101st stoichiometry calculation.

I mean, he was a pretty good teacher, so no doubt that helped get me interested. But I think I would have gotten into physics regardless.

I never watched Cosmos or the like. Too young for Sagan, too old for Black Science Man. Didn't really care honestly. I do remember picking up a Michio Kaku popsci book back in those high school days though, and man did I hate it. I know popsci is how some people find their interests in the field, but man, I swear that shit actively worked to discourage me. This was before I even knew about the "questionable science" that is string theory, SUSY, wormholes, etc. Even Hawking's Brief History felt kind of pointless to me. Reading textbooks is just so much more fun than that flowery, equation-less exposition, you know?

[Anonymous No.10725357]

>>10724098
No. I'm not telling you what I've named my social isolation.

[Anonymous No.10725366]

>>10724098
When I was a little kid I liked to count, to draw labyrinths and to copy road signs from an old driving license manual I found, so I guess I was born for pure maths. I don't know if I should be happy with that.

[Anonymous No.10725381]

>>10725071
Same here.

[Anonymous No.10725386]

>>10724098
in order of influence:
>high school physics teacher (who had a PhD unlike most high school physics teachers)
>my dad
>middle school science teacher

[xxXSuiseisekiXxx No.10725475]

>>10724502
Imagine spending all your time studying known values instead of seeking unknowns and interrupting them, that are actually useful and apply to the advancement of knowledge. imagine thinking there is anything to gain from getting good at quoting notions and spending years of your life to be able to perform logarithmic functions mentally when if done in employment you're required by contract to re-preform with a $20 device made to a patents unchanged for 30+ years. Just to have results considered to be accurate.

[Anonymous No.10725483]

>>10725475
>can’t mentally estimate logarithms
back to >>>/mlp/

[Anonymous No.10725501]

science is cool and I'm now getting my master's degree in bio sciences which I kind of regret because I'm starting to realize I only care about the big picture and application of knowledge rather than learning about the bullshit minutia.

also I think I'm a brainlet. I would rather be fucking around outside than having to write these bullshit chapter summaries and prepare for a thesis which I only semi-care about and takes stupid amount of detail to get ready for.

Like honestly who fucking cares that "the stability of metal covalent bonds with soft ligands increases from class A (left) to class B (right). Relevant soft ligands in the aquatic environments are Cl-, S2-, HS-." Like who the fuuuuuuark cares bro.

and I get paid SHIT to do this.

[Anonymous No.10725509]

>>10725501
>master’s student
>gets paid
europe is shitty isn’t it anon

[Anonymous No.10725530]

>>10724098
As a kid I wanted to turn normal rocks into gold.
Been trying ever since.

[Anonymous No.10725551]

>>10725509
most grad students at top tier programs get a stipend and free tuition anon, its common for many bio programs if you aren't a worthless brainlet who fucks up the GRE or gets shit GPA as an undergrad

[Anonymous No.10725561]

Imagine actually being interested in science
Lmao fucking nerds

[Anonymous No.10725582]

>>10724122
I want her to ride my magic school bus.

[Anonymous No.10725583]

I just want to see Deus Ex become reality

[Anonymous No.10726153]

>>10724545
I think it was my father too. In summer we'd sometimes be stargazing on the roof and he'd answer any science related question I would put to him.

[Anonymous No.10726300]

>>10725561
science made your comment possible, and made it possible for you to suck this fat dick

[Anonymous No.10726615]

My grades didn't qualify me for medicine. So my grades.

[Anonymous No.10726961]

Black science man

[Anonymous No.10727036]

>>10724098
Quantum physics

[Anonymous No.10727762]

>>10724098
This man