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Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 03:55:37 No.2812750 [Reply] [Original]

What does /sci/ think about popsci? And no trolling please, I want honest opinions on the matter no matter how insipid they might appear.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 03:58:37 No.2812762 Somebody has to explain science to gen public, but i wouldn't want to waste my time doing it :P Also, people like Hawkings and Feynmann seem to do a pretty damn good job of it, so I wouldn't complain... 3rd year engineering physics undergrad ftw!

>>	Physics Guy Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:00:37 No.2812766 File: 34 KB, 450x599, 450px-Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2812750 Popsci = Shit \thread

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:00:37 No.2812767 Not everybody does a good job doing it, but then again not everybody does a good job doing science anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:01:37 No.2812771 Bending over backwards for plebeians, commoners, simpleton, etc. If people aren't intellectually capable of understanding science in it's complex form, they don't deserve to know it.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:01:37 No.2812773 The good: it gets people interested in science. Some of those people actually pursue science. The bad: it makes people spout half-truths and act like know-it-alls.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:03:37 No.2812777 >>2812766 >>2812773 /thread

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:05:37 No.2812783 >>2812773 Agree. I still would take the good over the bad any day though.

Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:07:37 No.2812786

Popsci=essential. Disciplines are so specialized that they must have a dumbed-down version of their conversations, otherwise they will become totally balkanized from society.

Everyone here is a consumer of pop history, pop literature, pop law, and pop politics, but you likely treat that knowledge with the same credibility as your technical expertise. Almost all of the engineering guys certainly rely on pop bio and pop medicine; likewise the bio guys rely on pop physics.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:08:37 No.2812788 >>2812773 >act like know-it-alls Is that really a problem? People actually having the social skills to share a bit of knowledge they've learned and like to share it with others?

>>	Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:09:37 No.2812793 File: 27 KB, 637x359, 1294798763305.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] All of it is okay except Michio Cocku.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:09:37 No.2812794 >>2812788 Seeing as you're on this board I would have assumed that you have already figured this out, but no one likes a know it all.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:20:37 No.2812820 >>2812773 >>2812788 >>2812794 I hate arrogant people with a passion. But sadly, you kind of have to be an arrogant asshole to get ahead in life.

Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 04:22:37 No.2812824
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It was good and very professional back in the old days with a strong scientific background. You really get the feeling that the persons and scientists wanted you to learn something astonishing.

Today popsci has become more entertainment and less learning. They want to impress you with computer animations and "Say Wow" every 5 seconds. But they have completely forgotten about the didactic aspect. If I watch a modern popsci show I can barely remember anything after it.

Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 17:19:37 No.2814186
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>>2812750
I am here because of the popsci, so I really can't agrue.
I think >>2812773 is right. I act like both good and bad, I act like a know-it-all, but it also makes me want to know-it-all.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 17:22:37 No.2814200 >>2812750 popsci is good because it gets people scientifically literate. it's also good because it gets kids interested in science. that's how i got interested first.

Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 17:25:37 No.2814216

It's good because scientific knowledge should be spread and available to all, and some people can develop an interest in science due to it. But it also leads to a lot of misunderstandings. I have know way to many kids who thinks quantum mechanics means anything can happen if they believe hard enough.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 17:30:37 No.2814240 >>2814216 you heartless bastard!

>>	Anonymous Fri, Apr 1, 2011 17:32:37 No.2814249 >>2814216 lol omg i've heard so many people spout that bs. "quantum mechanics unpredictable. therefore unicorns"

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