So you want to get a PhD in physics?

[Anonymous No.3778721]

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfxfnokQuLM&NR=1

I'm gonna leave this here

[Anonymous No.3778736]

>implying you can't work in medical physics with no moral implications

[Anonymous No.3778735]

I lol'd
then died a little inside.


That movie cut deep.

[Anonymous No.3778744]

>theoretical astrophysics
nigger went full retard

>high temperature super conductor
more like, the person who discovers and patents this will quite literally be a multi multi multi billionaire overnight.

but if you can't, you wont make much money at all

it's the PhD version of the lottery.

[Anonymous No.3778745]

you can do anything if you believe hard enough! lol 90s kids

[Anonymous No.3778755]

>>3778744
room temperature*

as in, no cooling required.

it would revolutionize electronics overnight. in fact it would have a bigger impact on the world then cold fusion

[Anonymous No.3778756]

>>3778744
>high temperature super conductor
I believe he said he'd put his knowledge of not building that to use as a plant manager.

[Anonymous No.3778764]

>>3778756
i dont really get that part? so he never figured out how to make one [no shit, people smarter then you have been trying for 50+ years] so he'll end up as a janitor

[None !!EcecOWLy6pI No.3778768]

I just got a BS in physics and business. Unfortunately the business degree is worth far more for me right now.

[Anonymous No.3778780]

>>3778768
bachelors in physics is generic "bachelor in science" for basically 99% of jobs.

phd is niche field of research which is super hit or miss.

if you do a phd on say aniostrophy of magnetic domains in paragametnic superfluids, you'll never find an industry application

but if you do a PhD on the electromagnetic properties and theromagnetic stability of dynamic length pulsed radio frequency antennas you'll find fuck tons of jobs (defense / communications mostly)

[Anonymous No.3778785]

Here is the PhD of Economics one.

>mfw i'm in my second phd year and all is true

[& !!tSqR6hj9NpI No.3778787]

>Go into bio-chem
>Create new drug, with a slightly different method of creating it
>Get a patent for the drug, AND the manufacturing process
>Liscence drug out
>Liscence manufacturing rights out
>Get double money
>Rinse and repeat


That, or:

>Chemistry
>Make fabric substance with crazy high heat capacity
>Intentionally make flaws in it, reduce to about 70% efficency
>Patent
>Ramp up price because you fucking can
>Your face when people will pay tens of thousands of dollars... For fireproof heat-resistant gloves.
>Make money
>Donate a few suits to firehouses (Advertising scheme)
>Demand skyrockets
>Sell patent to government for millions
>Fix pre-made flaws.
>Get a new patent
>problem?

[Anonymous No.3778789]

>>3778785

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc6frwaMcjk&feature=player_embedded

[Anonymous No.3778791]

>>3778780
also love how you can string terms together to make something that may exist or may be a paradox

[Rope !!AZnYNCdvBLQ No.3778794]

>>3778721

lol@you op. Clearly you failed in your first year of undergraduate school or didn't even try because you're too much of a pussy.

someone has to find how to travel FTL and its not an electrical engineer that's going to do it even if they make more money. money isn't everything. in fact its nothing.

i don't give a shit about anything, but i dont believe in suicide, so i might as well break my balls doing physics and maybe achieve something. I might not, but I'll still achieve more than you

fucking loser u jelly

[Anonymous No.3778799]

>>3778794
>someone has to find how to travel FTL
why do we have to?

also it very very well may be that it's impossible without material which probably doesn't exist in the universe and is only the byproduct of meaningless mathematical formulas

[Anonymous No.3778797]

>>3778787
>sell patent to government
they buy it? io would think industry would pay more

also i wonder if it's evne feasiable for someone to invent and patent things on their own and then sell or license them, anymore. especially with the industrilization of the patent process and shit like submarine patents and having to front the money for legal proceedings

[Anonymous No.3778804]

these videos are pretty stupid and probably made by people who can't get phds

[Anonymous No.3778805]

>2011
>wanting to do a PhD in anything except for financial mathematics

[Anonymous No.3778809]

>>3778794

>money isn't everything. in fact its nothing.

[Rope !!AZnYNCdvBLQ No.3778817]

>>3778799

So explore other galaxies, meet aliens smarter than us and people start working together.

Economics and anything for the sole purpose of money makes me sick. Our economical system doesn't even work.

[Anonymous No.3778819]

>>3778787
>create new drug
okay

[Anonymous No.3778820]

>>3778817
why do we have to find aliens smarter then us? that's very very very very very unlikely

creating hard AI is about 500dB more likely

[Anonymous No.3778823]

I remember the "so you want to get a PhD in engineering" version of this

it was kind of dumb

>>I want to discover new things
>>I want to develop new designs
>>I want to do something important
>>NO! YOU WILL BE KILL BY DEMONS

ok so fuck hopes and dreams and ambitions I guess is the message

[Anonymous No.3778833]

>>3778804

I get the feeling they're made by someone with a BA in philosophy.

The one on genetics argues that, by studying genetics, we're being vain.

Damn you medicine for wanting to treat people! YOU'RE SO VAIN!

[Anonymous No.3779711]

also they strawman everyone who doesn't know what they're doing

[Anonymous No.3780459]

> get PhD in physics
> build tank to kill starving orphan children
> everything went better than expected

Actually, I designed starving-orphan-killing-tanks BEFORE grad school, but yes, it's a relevant job.

[Anonymous No.3780470]

This is one of the funniest ones imo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvARy0lBLE

[Anonymous No.3780493]

>fascinated by astrophysics and cosmology
>read vast amounts of journals, papers and books on the subject
>wanted to study it at university, perhaps someday a PhD
>think, "no, that's fucking stupid, i'll never get a job"
>study structural engineering instead
>graduate with first class honours
>still can't get a job
>forever unemployed

welp, fuck this planet.

[Anonymous No.3780541]

>>3780493
Just got my PhD in quantum physics. Have four job offers. Making $100k. Sorry to hear that, bro.

[Anonymous No.3780548]

>>3780541

To be fair he would have gotten a PhD in astrophysics or cosmology, not quantum physics. He would still be in the same position he is now. Probably even worse

[Anonymous No.3780552]

oh, these vidyas.

amazin'.

i liked the one about the math major.

[Anonymous No.3780607]

>>3780541
>implying it's possible to get a PhD in "quantum physics"

[Anonymous No.3780609]

>>3780541

A PhD in "quantum physics", eh?

[Anonymous No.3780614]

>>3780607
Of course you can. PhDs specialize into very distinct categories. You can get a PhD in the neurophysics of mamillian brain if you really want.

[Anonymous No.3780622]

>>3780614

Precisely. How specific, exactly, is quantum physics? Not at all.

[Anonymous No.3780632]

>>3780622
You can get PhD in anything you want. If you wanted, you could get PhD in calculating the sleep patterns of polar bears.

[Anonymous No.3780654]

>>3780632
>>3780632

has someone done this?

someone should seriously do this.

[Anonymous No.3780661]

>>3780632

Can I get a PhD in reality?

I'm aware that it's possible to get PhDs in extremely specific areas; I'm questioning the possibility of getting one in an incredibly broad and vague area - such as quantum physics.

[Anonymous No.3780665]

>>3780654
Something is known about polar bear sleeping habits, but not much.
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/bear-essentials-polar-style/habits-and-behavior/s
leeping-and-bedding

We should totally get a PhD in this.

[TN5 !/sci/TN5.. No.3780671]

I'm not sure what's the problem with the expression "PhD in quantum physics". Sure, that's suspicious, but because it's unlikely, not because the sentence isn't formulated properly.

Depending on who I'm talking with, I describe my PhD differently. To people who are clearly not scientists, I say "mathematics". To people who might know what computer science is, I say "computer science". If I think people will know what I'm talking about, I say I'm doing a PhD on coding theory. I've never really used the technical words of my PhD subject when talking with someone that I didn't meet at either my lab or a conference / workshop, because even these people most often don't know what the most important term is.

[Anonymous No.3780672]

>>3780661
It depends on what university are you studying at. Some schools do offer PhD's for summing up all knowledge in certain areas. Those universities are usually the not-very-prestigious ones.

[TN5 !/sci/TN5.. No.3780681]

>>3780661
It's not like he said his PhD subject was "quantum physics". That, indeed, is not possible. But the fact that he was working on quantum physics and doesn't feel like it's worth giving specifics, that is understandable.

Though, it was most likely a troll, we can all agree on that.

[Anonymous No.3780679]

>>3780672

Or it could be this.

>>3780671

The quantum physics guy just probably expressed himself incorrectly.

[Anonymous No.3780694]

>>3780661
80 years ago, maybe. Quantum physics is a tool now, not an area of study. Like newtonian mechanics. Quantum field theory is important in theoretical particle physics, string theory, and supersymmetry, but it isn't really an area of study by itself.

A PhD in "quantum physics" would be like an Md in "stethoscope".

[Anonymous No.3780721]

>>3780671
"So, Billy, what did you get your PhD in?"
"Symmetric fluxon transport in superconducting networks."
"what?"
"quantum physics"
"ooooooooooh!!!"

I'd say a PhD in quantum physics is certainly different from one in cosmology, or thermodynamics, or education, or or or. Sure, it's not that precise, but it still is descriptive. When dealing with people don't even know what PhD stands for, explaining anything involving more than three syllables usually isn't worth your time.

[Anonymous No.3780726]

>>3780721
But this is /sci/.

The people who can't understand what topic person's PhD is in just don't belong here (not that they aren't here, but catering to them doesn't help the situation much).

[Anonymous No.3780734]

>>3780726
Touche, good sir, touche.

[Nuca-Cola !dbLFTRZqOI No.3780735]

>>3778794
>someone has to find how to travel FTL
that, right there, that EXACT SENTENCE
is where i stopped reading

[Nuca-Cola !dbLFTRZqOI No.3780744]

>>3778823
the message of this video (and others like it) is more along the lines of "know exactly what you're getting in to, and be realistic about it"

which is what most normal people tend to do

[Anonymous No.3780754]

Back to the subject at hand, it's true today that a lot of people are thinking about going to graduate school, and doing it for the wrong reasons. While it's certainly neither a career killer or maker, it's still a side-track. You better do it because you LOVE what you do. Otherwise, it's not worth it.

It's great that people associate science with all these amazing things. However, they don't seem to understand that "science" is a job like any other, with a lot of very boring parts. With a lot of bullshit to deal with. (Ever written a grant proposal? FML.) They don't realize they see the very tip of a huge pile of research done over years. Yes, it is truly interesting, but you have to be willing to deal with all the tedious parts. Over several years if you get two or three good results, that's par for the course. Fantastic discoveries and so forth happen perhaps once a decade.

[Anonymous No.3780820]

http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

this is so fucking brilliant, i frequently view it.

[Anonymous No.3780825]

>>3780820
>>3780820
>>3780820

yeah. if i was doing a PhD I would get wallpaper my walls with it

[TN5 !/sci/TN5.. No.3780846]

>>3780820
Awesome "guide" indeed. Except that it's quite evil not to account for the fact that even during your Ph.D, beside your very precise domain, you keep gaining knowledge at low depth, in some kind of octopus-shaped form, around the center.

[Anonymous No.3780854]

>>3780846
>aspie as fuck

[Anonymous No.3780916]

In these videos: EVERYTHING SUCKS, EXCEPT CYNICISM -- THAT RULES.

[Anonymous No.3780921]

>mfw I read all these comments in the voices from the videos