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1322989 No.1322989 [Reply] [Original]

Last night I went to a beach party and converted loads of people to science. Had a big group around me hanging off my every word. Even the spiritual hippy changed from being a science-hater. Some chick even said "oh I love math!" (fuck that was hot)

science, fuck yeah. inspiring wonder and awesomeness.

>> No.1322997

Did you regale them with tales of particles and wavefunctions, or serenade them with songs of differential geometry and complex analysis?

>> No.1323001

>>1322997
OP said beach party, so I'm guessing he strung a bunch of quantum buzzwords together

>> No.1323006

Or astronomy. Chicks love astronomy.

>> No.1323007

That's not a hydroxyl ion, that's my wife!

>> No.1323016

>>1322989
hahahaha dude well done

>> No.1323023

Wow... Learn to have a good time you fucking nerd

>> No.1323031

>>1323023
Sounds like he did. You fucking jock or troll.

>> No.1323040

Yeah, astronomy and life basically. Normally I just fuck around and can't be bothered to educate people, but I thought this time I'd try since I keep reading on /sci/ about how ignorant the populace is.

I don't think it's true. People can be really appreciative of nature's beauty if you're not a bumbling aspie

>> No.1323046

>>1323007
Awwwww shit, memories.

>> No.1323047

>>1322989
Oh hai Valentine Michael Smith.

>> No.1323048

>>1322989

>went to a beach party

Uh-huh.

>and converted loads of people to science

Wait what how did that happen? Did you just walk in and said "Sup bros who wants to learn about Quantum Optics?"

>> No.1323052

>>1323001

I'm thinking this is spot on. The conversion was to SCIENCE! rather than science.

>> No.1323056

>>1323048

tl;dr how did that happen. WITH DETAILS

>> No.1323153

>>1323056
For starters I'm a good public speaker. I used to speak at conferences a lot and get on well with people.

Still want me to detail anything?

Reminds me of, http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=410311
>>the significance of, say, studying the metallicity content of a certain group of M-dwarf flare stars that are in this bubble in the Milky Way?

Too often I read about people here being sad that people aren't into science. Probably since they launch into minutiae without giving them context- why they are epic or cool.

I also don't talk about the common regurgitated stuff in popsci, but small things I really like and have combed to my personal database. Then I express it with enough passion.

>> No.1323338

everyone generally approves of science. its just the doom sayers on sci

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1323360

>>1322989
WIN

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1323380

At parties I usually explain IUPAC naming conventions, it goes over swimmingly!

>> No.1323423

>>1323380
WTF Halogen atoms

>> No.1323601

>>1323548

This shit. Whenever will it end!!!!!!!!!!!

>> No.1323756

Just show this video to people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

No effort.

>> No.1323790

>>1322989
>converted loads of people to science
This just reeks of stupidity.
You mean to tell us that you have a breadth of scientific knowledge, yet your social circle is full of new wavers and creationists? We're to believe that your mastery of public speaking "converted" these people from believing in god, astrology, creationism, etcetera - the kind of shit that idiots hold onto with a vice-like death grip - in the span of a day's worth of socializing?

You're either trolling, or you and your friends are eleven-year-olds.

>> No.1323808

>>1322989
>Last night I went to a beach party and told some
>people about some cool things relating to science
>that they were not previously aware of. Even a hippy
>said "cool brah". Some girl there said she liked math.


fix'd

>> No.1323840

>>1323790
Or those kinds of people will believe ANYTHING that a confident person who sounds like they know what are talking about tells them... for a week or so, at least, until they find someone else to explain the universe and everything for them.

>> No.1323845

I'm a bit surprised there's no opabinia in OP's pic.

>> No.1323856

>>1323808

Suddenly, that sounds a lot more believable.

>> No.1326654

bump

>> No.1326704

ANIMALOCARIS!

>> No.1328145

lol

>> No.1328179

>>1323153
im still curious...let's hear some examples from your "personal database" that we can use to convert others at our local beach parties.