/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3843087
The theoretical and most recent stuff is what interests me most. Specifically, quantum physics, rather than the type of physics that engineering works with.

>>3843077
>study physics in your own time
Yeah, that's what everyone keeps saying. But I'd really like to take it seriously; a career out of it (or astronomy, or both really) is a dream job. It's not just something I'm interested in; it's something I actually aspire to study in depth and further human knowledge in.

Yeah, so I have romantic notions of my future, whatever.

To work as a astrophysicist in a prestigious scientific company.

>that feel when i don't know if i could do it and whether it's even worth trying

>>3843069
also, love astronomy too.

>what you love
physics
>what you're good at
physics, maths to some degree, design
>what you think will get you money
engineering/design
>what sounds easiest
of what i've mentioned, easily design
>what your parents tell me to do
engineering/design


yeah, still in high school, can't decide what to do. want to take physics since i've loved it since i was a kid, but parents keep saying i'm unlikely to have a successful career there (i.e., only the best of the best make it). engineering/design is fun, and i know i'd enjoy it, but i don't want to regret not taking my real passion instead.

tl;dr: love physics, get money with engineering/design and like it too, what do guys.

i'm still in high school, and i'm enthusiastic in multiple areas, including physics, astrophysics, maths, but also design.

my dad's interested in me taking some industrial design/engineering courses after uni, which sounds good, but i've started to take a bigger interest in theoretical astrophysics. but my parents keep telling me that it's hard to secure a high-paying job in the science community as an astrophysicist / physicist (i.e. you have to be the best of the best), and i should stick with the engineering/design idea.

there's probably truth in what they're saying, but i still don't know. astrophysics is something that's fascinated me ever since i was a kid, and it's a dream job. i don't want to have regrets later in life. what do guys

>>3812271
no, worse. Tumblr.

>inb4 getout

holy fucking shit. someone else outside of 4chan just linked me to that second video literally a minute ago.

COINCIDENCES ERRYWHERE

>>3812222
>aerodynamic

>>3812010
to the contrary, travelling into the past makes more sense than travelling into the future

A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer are sitting a test. The first question is, "Are all odd numbers prime?"

The mathematician thinks, "3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is not prime - the answer is no."

The physicist thinks, "3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is not prime - that could just be experimental error - 11 is prime, 13 is prime - yes, all odd numbers are prime."

The engineer thinks, "3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime, 11 is prime..."

There was a science jokes thread yesterday on /sci/.

A physicist, an engineer and a statistician all go hunting in the forest. They spot a deer and get ready to shoot.

The physicist does some quick ballistics calculations in his head (assuming vacuum), but lands five metres short.

The engineer accounts for some air resistance, but lands five metres too long.

The statistician yells, "We've got him!"

i wonder the same thing

>>3807137
goddamn, beat me to it.

>>3807111
that feel when you realize you've killed everyone

>>3804179
>>3803936
>>3803927
>>3803922
lost at these.

>>3807075
no.
>"h2o too"
>h2o2

If the neutrino DID break the speed of light, then Einstein's work would have to be revised. Not everything he said was correct (and we already know that, anyway).

>>3806965

>>3795302
>google the slit experiment
>implying anyone on /sci/ doesn't know what the slit experiment is

>>3606916
Okay, by 'care about mankind', I thought we were comparing someone who's generally pretty selfish with Mother Teresa. Obviously, someone who is completely and utterly introverted to the point of being secluded from humans completely is going to be disadvantaged by natural selection, yes. But on a more general level, caring about mankind isn't really a factor in natural selection, I believe.

151 first try.

>>3606895
advantage in the ability to reproduce, yes.

>>3605993
funny, i just posted a related thread.
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

>looking at all these images
>feeling small like yeah

man, really wishing i was God right now