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Which science is the most alpha?

Astrophysics

>> No.5099074

>Astrophysics
>Coming up with ideas willy-nilly
>Alpha
Nope. Astrophysics is to science as what fantasy is to literature.

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5099094

>MFW
>Science -> Alpha

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5099100

Geoscience

Alpha as fuck

>> No.5099208

Economics

Physicist here, I have to admit its true. Econ is hardly a science, though.

>> No.5099209

Math

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Math.

$300k a year, any job I want, etc. etc.

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5099251

>> No.5099252

>>5099223
what jobs are there for pure maths, actually besides actuary

>> No.5099261

>>5099252
>$300k a year, any job I want, etc.
>any job I want
Reading comprehension.

>> No.5099262

any answer besides astrophysics is wrong

>> No.5099265

>>5099262
you're wrong

>> No.5099267

liberal arts

>> No.5099270

geologist are the stoners

>> No.5099271

>>5099100
This. I've heard crazy stories about geologists in the field.

>> No.5099272

>>5099251

lol fuck off

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geophysicists are pretty alpha, mathin all day and working for the environment and shit

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5099318

>>5099208
mfw I'm a first year econ Ph.D. student

>> No.5099329

>>5099252
>what jobs are there for pure maths
fast food preparation
child care
cleaning
call center
parking valet (assumes driving skills)

>> No.5099335

>>5099329
>Every NSA job ever
>Cryptology
>Gateway into several grad programs with a minimal amount of leveling

>> No.5099341

Tulpa Studies

>> No.5099366

>>5099272
With typing like that, it's you that needs to fuck off.

>> No.5099371

>>5099341
Aren't some people at tulpa.info actually trying to do this?

>> No.5099375

>>5099371
It's still not a science; psychology itself is often called not a science due to not being rigorous enough

>> No.5099498

>>5099375
>psychology itself is often called not a science due to not being rigorous enough

False, Psychology is not a science because it is applying the scientific method to a dynamic environment. They attack the problem from the top down instead of the bottom up. Neuroscience is the science that psychology wants to be.

>> No.5099513

>>5099498
I like you.

>> No.5099531

>>5099498
Psychology is right sometimes though. People could be predictable. Otherwise, stuff like marketing wouldn't work.

>> No.5099539

>>5099531
I like parts of psychology. I found Dan Ariely's "Predictably Irrational" very interesting.

>> No.5099549

biology

>> No.5099555

>>5099498
Psych is actually more heavily reliant on science than any other discipline I can think of. In astrophysics you can look at the moon, stars, etc. But in Psych, what can you look at? A mind? Nobody has ever seen or weighed a "mind." Yet we know about how our minds work solely through experimentation and new technology like fMRIs.

>> No.5099572

>>5099555
fMRI doesn't tell you *shit* about how the mind works, and it only gives you an extremely flimsy indication of how the brain works. Real physiologists (AKA real systems neuroscientists) don't give three shits about fMRI.

That one can't observe one's object of study doesn't make one's discipline more noble or scientific, it makes one's questions poorly defined.

>> No.5099592

Theoretical Physics is the most alpha!

>> No.5099633

but it's not OP
Maths is

>> No.5099649

>>5099318

enjoy grading papers

>> No.5099650

>>5099335

Yes, if you graduated at the top of your class and go to the top 2% of universities. (Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, etc.)

Otherwise, enjoy grading papers.

>> No.5099748

>>5099065

astrology because smart ppl will hate you.