/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.1940530]

What do you guys think the most important type of scientist is? The ones that give/are most important to the world?

[Anonymous No.1940540]

Boob doctor

[Anonymous No.1940562]

The ones who make new discoveries.

[Anonymous No.1940603]

political scientists

[Anonymous No.1940671]

>>1940540
this, and next is full on rapist

[Anonymous No.1942837]

>>1940530

You for introducing me to these breasts.

[Anonymous No.1942845]

>>1940530
Physicist

[Anonymous No.1942850]

Sociologist.
Ha ha, but I kid!

[Anonymous No.1942851]

Physicist or boob doctor

[Anonymous No.1942853]

>>1942851
Boob physicist.

[Anonymous No.1942856]

Physicist or Chemist or her

[Anonymous No.1942859]

>>1942856
Physicist!!!!

[Anonymous No.1942857]

>>1942853
Best. Job. Ever.

[Anonymous No.1942861]

FUCK YES

[Anonymous No.1942862]

Ebonicist

[Anonymous No.1942863]

Depends.

Every other branch of science can be modeled through physics. That is, chemistry is just applied physics. Biology is just applied chemistry. Neurology is just applied biology. Psychology is just applied neurology. Sociology is just applied psychology. Etc etc etc.

But. One other measure of how strong a science is, is how closely observation matches the mathematical predictions. Physics gets incredibly close. Amazingly close even. Chemistry gets within the ballpark. Everything else sucks. So by this measure, we could say that mathematicians are the most important scientists, because their branch of science is the only one with a 1:1 correlation between prediction and observation. Its also the only one that can be used to model physics, and everything else by proxy.

[Anonymous No.1942864]

>>1942861
To what? Wimmenfolk?

[Anonymous No.1942865]

>>1942856
accoording my my physics calculations, you got some BIG TITS!

[Anonymous No.1942866]

Social Scientist, I love those guys.

[Anonymous No.1942871]

>>1942853
My thesis was on the jiggle effect found in C cup breasts in zero g environments.

[Anonymous No.1942870]

>>1942865
Ohh Einstien

[Anonymous No.1942869]

Actually phycisists don't do shit.

You want to contribute, get into energy technology or something. GMO's.

[Anonymous No.1942872]

>>1940530
Physicist DURRRRRRR

[alchemistfag No.1942876]

definitely alchemistfags

[Anonymous No.1942879]

Theologists.

[Anonymous No.1942881]

>>1940530
Physicist

>>1942871
Does it have pics!

[Anonymous No.1942885]

depends....


you can either answer this question simply or not...


you could claim that, because everything in the universe is governed by physical laws (Which we may or may not know or be able to use)... that physicists practice the most important science.


with that being said:


the unquestionable answer is Chemists...


99.9% of chemistry is done WITHOUT using advanced physics or mathematics...

some of the most important pieces of physical chemistry (Read: the most useful) are derived from GEOMETRY (Marcus theory)


100% of all our pharmaceuticals, most polymers, pesticides, adhesives, industrial chemicals, etc..

dyes, organic solar cells, catalysts, glass, and even modern metals...

chemistry.


and not:

"lets simulate this on computer using physics!"


INSTEAD this:


"lets use MEMORIZED empirical knowledge from over a century of prior science to QUALITATIVELY predict the outcome..."


"if it doesnt work, try again!"


computational chemistry makes up about 1% of all of the chemistry journal articles

[Anonymous No.1942889]

>>1940530
Im thinking the physicist

[Anonymous No.1942897]

>>1940530
da physics

[Anonymous No.1942901]

>>1940530
physics

[Anonymous No.1942900]

>>1942863


>can be modeled

>Physics gets incredibly close

[Anonymous No.1942904]

>>1942900

[Anonymous No.1942916]

>>1940530
....PHYSICS....

[Anonymous No.1942920]

>The ones that give/are most important to the world


>10,000 organic chemistry journal articles before 1900

>pharmacueticals and industrial chemistry already a $10 billion gold backed dollar industry by 1900


>petroleum, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biochemistry, plastics...


>methods for purifying uranium (uranium hexafluoride), all uranium reprocessing methods, all chemical vapor and crystal growth semiconductor fabrication methods, carbon fibers, ceramics and kevlar for vests, 100% of all explosives, chemical weapons, etc.


>the chemistry for processing and treating waste and natural water sources
>the chemistry for making waterproof/tough/long lasting concrete, bricks, steel, etc.


all chemistry. no physics.


the only mathematics involves is best described as "engineering" (mostly industrial process optimization, which is more like applied mathematics, and less specifically about the physics, because the physics is rarely understood)

[Anonymous No.1942931]

>>1942904


>implying that even a single macroscopic system can be even remotely accurately modeled using the most sophisticated modern computational algorithms


>not realizing that 0% of semiconductors, 0% of superconductors, 0% of metallic conductors, 1% of chemical reactions, 0% of biochemistry, and 0% of polymer physics accurately OR precisely predicts ANYTHING about a real macroscopic system...


>doesnt realize that the only accurate predictions are made for gaseous systems

>the only chemical reactions that have EVER had reliable computational agreement are GAS PHASE (Read: no solvent interactions) chemical reactions (like the photocatalytic reduction of Ozone by chlorine radicals)

>not a single semiconductor known to mankind has ever had its band gap energy successfully predicted by computational methodology
>all of the best physics is statistical physics: non-equilibrium statistical mechanics is the most useful area of physics known to mankind

[Anonymous No.1942996]

Psychologist, obviously.
They try to understand ourselves, for a better life.

[Anonymous No.1943013]

>>1940530
Physics

[Sky Render !!+udySmPhFUM No.1943051]

Well, I'd have to say in my opinion the ones that have given us the most so far would be engineers. We've only recently (relatively speaking) made good use of biology and chemistry for medical sciences. Chemistry might be my number two though, since it touches essentially every industry in a big way. I would pick chemistry as number one except that modern chemistry is fairly young and engineering has been utilized heavily and exploited very well for many thousands of years.

[Anonymous No.1943143]

>>1942856
Jesus Fucking Christ!

Her arms are hairy!