Hey guys, /lit/ fag here with a question for those of you who've completed a physics degree.
How much would you say you learned in your undergrad? I'm very interested in completing one. Currently, I've completed a minor in mathematics, so I don't overly fear any calculations, and alongside that I'm still working toward an Honors Degree of Philosophy. Now, I figure philosophy is probably quite disfavored here, but I feel as though Physics is somewhat a matrimony of it, and math. So, in light of this, I feel I would be (at the very worst) decent in Physics--I'm just curious if you guys feel the undergrad is worth the extra 2 years it would require to complete.
My interests in physics are:
- (the implications of) The double slit experiment (obviously)
- (the implications of) The delayed quantum choice experiment
- String theory
- Physical Dimensions / Spacetime
* Sorry, I realize these are vague and are probably, themselves, ill-conceived on my behalf
Do those of you who have completed an undergrad in physics believe I will cover those topics therein? Also, what is the most difficult aspect of the degree?-the calculations, or the general concepts?
Thanks guys--I feel this may be better suited for /adv/, but I figure this board is probably the best to reach people who've actually done the degree I've in question.
>inb4 arts fag
I know philosophy yields 0$. This isn't about money.
you can probably specialize in quantum mechanics if that is your area of interest but I think most people who major in physics deal with kinematics/mechanics and shit
>>7758929
Yeah, sadly most of the pre-reqs surround kinematics/mechanics (and magnetic/eletric fields, unless that's already contained in kinematics/mechanics)
I do really want to study quantum mechanics, though. As seems to be the norm here, the double slit experiment actually blows my mind. I just want to know more about it; and the idea of time as a dimension also blows me away.
>>7758899
>My interests in physics are:
>- (the implications of) The double slit experiment (obviously)
>- (the implications of) The delayed quantum choice experiment
>- String theory
>- Physical Dimensions / Spacetime
Just learn more math.
Do you believe philosophy is necessary for scientific or mathematical discoveries/insights? Or is philosophy merely some mental jizzation?
>>7758874
Philosophy is not just unnecessary, it is even harmful to science and math. Philosophical dogma leads to rejection and suppression of certain ways of thinking. Philosophers and their followers in general are close-minded and refuse to ever accept the possibility of being wrong. This sentiment is diametrically opposed to the scientific method which demands that we critically question everything.
Could we just like try to be a little more specific about what type of philosophy we're talking about? Philosophy can be pretty much anything and there's very little similarity between stuff like positivism and postmodernism.
>>7758884
>. Philosophical dogma leads to rejection and suppression of certain ways of thinking. Philosophers and their followers in general are close-minded and refuse to ever accept the possibility of being wrong.
Why do you think that? Have you read at least one philosophy book?
It is a constant fight between different ways of thinking.
How does modern media effect 4chan users vs "normal" people?
>>7758518
is that science topic according to you
>>7758527
Yes, analysis of environmental influences on vastly different segments of human life sounds scientific to me.
>>7758527
Just because the thread isn't about interuniversal teichmüller or neil tyson doesn't mean it isn't science you meme loving fuck
Can someone quickly debunk this tumblr tier bullshit
>did you just scientifically explain soulmates?
>no
>>7758500
Is the part about atoms coming back together true?
>140 728 notes
Man the world is shit.
Is scoring high in all of those internet IQ test meaningless? Does everybody score high?
Yes.
For the low price of 19.99 I'll tell you why everybody wins online IQ tests.
If you can improve your IQ(and there are studies that have done this) in what sense is it a measurement of intelligence?
Or do IQ proponents say it can change?
Why is there such a large portion of the public that consider GMOs "toxic" and questions the validity of the science of gene modification?
This is perhaps the strongest anti-science movement in the world with proponents on both the left and right of the political aisle.
>>7753342
It's essentially the perfect storm of snake-oil, pseudoscience, conspiracy theory, and various other lunacies.
Nutritional quackery + corporate conspiracies + genetics illiteracy = anti-GMO
>>7753342
It walks hand in hand with Global Warming Alarmism.
>>7753342
There are legit reasons against GMOs. However they're never mentioned by pro-GMO companies. Instead they only ever mention the retarded "GMOs are poison" argument. So in a way they've sort of created their own worst enemy because this has given those lunatics way more traction than they should have.
As far as legit arguments against GMOs.
>GMOs are tied up in all sorts of fucked up patent and copyright issues.
>GMOs hurt genetic diversity. For instance, many countries ban the importation of GMOs because they have up to hundreds of varieties of a crop (like corn in Mexico) and if any fields get contaminated with GMO crops then legally the entire field must be burned down and all seedlots destroyed.
On a sidenote, that rat tumor research that became really controversial. All it was was a long term version of an experiment carried out by Monsanto that concluded rats wouldn't develop tumors. Of course it requires further research but this isn't controversial except to retards.
This fucking cringe right here
Also hippie hate thread
>>7750433
There isn't any save level of radiation. Every gamma ray can kill.
Nuke shills plz leave
It just needs a lot of streamlining.
>>7750442
You do realize there are more types of radiation than just gamma rays, right?
So... I put it to you that being smarter than everyone else sucks.
Please set aside any debate about how people with low IQ might have other kinds of intelligence, or how IQ isn't a perfect test. I'm not talking about being the best at memorizing homework or doing calculations in your head. I'm talking about being smart enough to just instantly understand stuff other people don't. Being able to figure out completely new stuff independently. And being capable of dismissing irrelevant stuff outright, so for instance you are not interpreting my sentence about "everyone else" in a literal sense.
It sucks to feel like you have to explain stuff to a bunch of monkeys all the time. It sucks that the people you can be truly inspired by are for the most part dead or in some other way completely out of reach. It sucks to not have enough time to persue all your ideas, knowing other people can't. It sucks to know the world could be so much better, but that because people just don't get stuff... it isnt. And it sucks to be held back - and indeed sometimes punished - by masses who are much less intelligent than you are. We belong to a group of people who have been brutally killed, just for speaking the truth to people who haven't figured it out, for millennia.
So what are you doing to improve the situation for the next generation, and the world? What kind of a world are we heading for, a few centuries down the road?
Specifically, the question I would like to ask in this thread is this:
Are you fucking a lot, bareback? Are you spawning a whole bunch of kids to give your genes an evolutionary advantage?
Why/why not?
man idk why i randomly decide to come on this site and look at a thread shortly before going to sleep
oh well, one more round for the night won't hurt.
No. I choose instead to spread my maymays.
>>7744789
>Choose
Any adult/oldfolk students here? How are you managing?
>Failed out of college sophomore year of Finance in 2011.
>Went home to live with parents.
>Started community college for an industrial trade (2 years).
>Immediate employment after graduation at $50k (age 22)
>2016, now earn $70k
>Have house+wife+two kids
>Employer offers education reimbursement of $5k per year for all employees
>Decide to take classes after work for undergrad in EE
>See that ASU offers online EE
>Enroll
>Two years later and I have 4.33 GPA; A+ in nearly every class.
School is like twenty times easier than it was when I was 19. Now I know why old geezers always get the highest grades. Going back to school as an adult is like using cheat-codes. Easiest thing ever. Your drive is so much higher, your discipline is ironclad, and school is ridiculously more easy than your real job.
I'm tired of my classmates always asking if things will be curved upwards because they are fail and have no drive.
>>7756801
>online EE
>4.33 GPA
>online EE
ohohohoho
>>>/g/52175281
Is he right, /sci/? I mean the parts about perfect circles and infinity not being real.
Circles are just edgy triangles.
Mathematical existence is independent from physical existence. We don’t know for sure if circles exist physically (given that the Plank length being the smallest distance possible is merely a popsci meme). As for infinity, there are many different forms of it:
A set is infinite if and only if there exists a bijection between it and itself with one element added. For instance, [math]\mathbf N^*[/math] is infinite because [math]\varphi:n \longmapsto n\,-\,1[/math] is a bijection between [math]\mathbf N^*[/math] and [math]\mathbf N[/math] (which is the same with 0 added).
A real sequence diverges towards positive infinity if and only if for any real number, the sequence eventually goes higher than it and always stays that way ([math]\forall A\in\mathbf R,\; \exists n_0\in\mathbf N,\; \forall n\in\mathbf N,\quad \mathrm{if}\,n\geq n_0,\,\mathrm{then}\,u_n \geq A[/math]).
Both these infinities are different and the symbol [math]\infty[/math] does not refer to any mathematical object. Saying infinity without referring to anything particular means jack shit.
>>7756245
of course they aren't "real". they are an abstraction, just like negative numbers, zero and essentially all of math.
saying perfect circles and infinity aren't "real" because you can't physically construct them and thinking your statement has any value makes you a simpleton retard
How did simple cause and effect and something as dumb as the universe make something as intelligent as myself?
Intelligent as yourself??
Intelligent as yourself??
Hey /sci/,
What are your opinions on the value of human life?
Not only necessary faculties, but consciousness as well.
>>7759240
Considering we're currently overpopulated, very little
Eh. I'm gonna post some humanities BS and say that the human life is pretty important.
There's not really not much logic behind for me other than...just basic morality I was raised to have, I guess.
>>7759240
Every time you post that pic I know your thread is shit automatically.
I want to read something about philosophy of science. What does /sci/ recommend me?. It would be my first book of philosophy of science.
>inb4 philosophy is useless
>>7758143
Logic of Scientific Research by Karl Popper
>>7758143
Serious question: What do you hope to learn from reading "philosophy of science"?
>>7758154
Understand the principles, axioms and assumptions in which science is based.
You can actually get one million dollars by solving these math problems.
http://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems
How did you find out about this, anon? I think you might literally be the first person to ever discover this fact!
le meme problems!
P != NP
Where is my prize?
Scientists from all around world do a study to find the female body shape men find most attractive. Turns out it's the figure of a girl about 13. Scientists then lie and say their study shows men prefer the figure of girls about 19.
http://egomoral.com/thinner-females-are-more-attractive/
>>7758043
>that biased site
>scientists
pick one
>>7758052
The statistics aren't biased. Nowhere in the world does a BMI of 17-20 correspond to 18-20 year olds.
>>7758054
The study doesn't say a BMI of 17-20 is the average for 18-20 year olds, it says
>a BMI of 17-20 corresponds to the average BMI of a young 18-20 year old *with maximal fertility and minimal risk of future disease*.
All that happened was a retarded blog failed at reading properly. Then you stupidly repeated the mistake by posting it here.
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