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Quid Plura

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Matt_LRR said:
Charcharo said:
I love Biology and Physics. Chemistry is enjoyable, but not as much as those.
... but Biology is chemistry. Which itself is physics.


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Another way to look at it is to use a U-shape. You then get mathematics and history at the same level. One being the perfect science and the other being the perfect social science (history being the study of people's behaviour and group behaviour over time)
 

fulano

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Eqan Asif said:
No, not at all. I don't like science. Being a Humeaian Sceptic gives me ample reasons to do so.

Up yours Newton! And Einstein can suck it.
In order to truly be a 'skeptic', one must properly understand what they are being skeptical about, in the case of science, high school science wouldn't even begin to cut it. This is why we have a world full of YE creationists. There's a huge difference between an informed skeptic and an uninformed denialist.
Very hard to replay to your post without making any generalizations, but please excuse me if I do; and also keep in mind that those will be nothing personal--even if they seem so.

In any case, I things it's a linguistic point you are arguing with me: I gather that you don't "know" (of if you do, it's barely any) about what Humean scepticism is all about. Humean scepticism is epistemological scpeticism--that humans don't "know" anything, and our "knowledge" exists only in fleeting moments of experience. Now since that is clear, it my help us come to an agreement, however, on the subject of me being a "creationist" is an assumption you have made. I'm not a "creationist," but if you must put me through an arbitrary labeling machine then the proper term would be that I'm an "Agnostic," but even that doesn't cover it---for here I adhere to Nietzschean perspectivism.

And btw, please explain to me the difference between an "informed" and an "uninformed" sceptic? I'm afraid I've no idea what those two terms mean.
You mean skeptic, right?

Hm...do you really believe we don't "know" anything? Then how the hell do you "know" that? Circular thinking, I see...or, hey, maybe the only thing you "know" is that you don't "know" anything, which in turn renders the whole argument mute.

As for science, yes. it is made of sexy. It is the tool of our emancipation, after all.

I myself like physics and am developing around that area.
 

Macgyvercas

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Well, I'm a chemistry major, so I hope would hope that I enjoy science (which I do). I hate liberal arts classes though. Why the hell do you have to take those for a SCIENCE DEGREE!?!
 

Necator15

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Macgyvercas said:
Well, I'm a chemistry major, so I hope would hope that I enjoy science (which I do). I hate liberal arts classes though. Why the hell do you have to take those for a SCIENCE DEGREE!?!
I imagine the same reason the arts majors have to take science classes. You actually have no idea how often I have to listen to them (arts majors) ***** about this, being a science major.
 

Enemy Of The State

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Causing things to spontaneously combust: Yes

Finding out WHY it spontaneously combusts: I'll pass, just gimme some more flammable objects!
 

Giest4life

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You mean skeptic, right?

Hm...do you really believe we don't "know" anything? Then how the hell do you "know" that? Circular thinking, I see...or, hey, maybe the only thing you "know" is that you don't "know" anything, which in turn renders the whole argument mute.

As for science, yes. it is made of sexy. It is the tool of our emancipation, after all.

I myself like physics and am developing around that area.[/quote]

No sir, I mean a skcpetic; sceptik; skeptick; scheptick; and a skeptik--your argument is about wordplay and nothing else. And I never said that we don't "know" anything; we only know during fleeting moments of physical impressions (look under Hume).

Have you heard Nietzsche's slogan, "the only truth is that there is no Truth?" Well, isn't it "True" that there is not "Truth?" No, it's "true" that there is no "Truth," and this my friend is called subjectivity. I apologize for my lack of attention towards this matter, we [humans] have very limited--if any--"Knowledge."


Science holds no Truths, it only offers us truths, and in our egotistical folly, we hold our "truths" to be the "Truths."

Edit: I really need to preview my formatting before I post.
 

escapistraptor

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BS in Biology bitches! Makes me a scientist technically. Though I plan to squander it by teaching.....

Professors, friends, family, random people, etc tell me I have a knack for making whatever it is I talk about interesting. So I decided to try to ignite some scientific passion in high schoolers instead. And protect evolution in the classroom
 

Keepitclean

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I love it, three of the five classes I do at school are sciences.

Chemistry, physics and human biology. I'm doing well in chemistry and human biology. Not so much in physics.

Enemy Of The State said:
Causing things to spontaneously combust: Yes

Finding out WHY it spontaneously combusts: I'll pass, just gimme some more flammable objects!
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if you cause soemthing to combust, it's not really spontaneous is it?
 

Slenn

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Heh, I've loved science ever since I watch that episode of Magic School Bus where they were touring the planets of the solar system. Now I'm on my way to working on my undergraduate degree in Physics, and right now I'm doing an internship with gold nanoparticles. Such an amazing thing science is. Carl Sagan once emphasized if there's any language that all sentient species can speak between each other it's the language of science.

Edit: My love of Physics is very strong, and it's probably going to keep me going no matter how much I'm near losing confidence.
 

effilctar

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Chemistry, so much so that I've committed myself to 4 more years of study, come October. Though I must say, like any person with a functioning brain, I have mind orgasms when I listen to people talking about astrophysics.
 

Plurralbles

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Science, yes. Specific ones such as Chemistry? I'd take it or leave it but Physics, physics is where it's at!
 

Necator15

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Slenn said:
Heh, I've loved science ever since I watch that episode of Magic School Bus where they were touring the planets of the solar system. Now I'm on my way to working on my undergraduate degree in Physics, and right now I'm doing an internship with gold nanoparticles. Such an amazing thing science is. Carl Sagan once emphasized if there's any language that all sentient species can speak between each other it's the language of science.

Edit: My love of Physics is very strong, and it's probably going to keep me going no matter how much I'm near losing confidence.
I remember that episode! It was without a doubt my favorite, but it was probably Bill Nye that got me into science. Or this program my school had for kids good at math... I honestly can't remember.
 

Lord_Panzer

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I like science, but I prefer SCIENCE!!!

I was hooked on Bill Nye the Science Guy when I was a youngster, same with Magic School Bus. Understanding how stuff works is coooooool.

As for a particular branch, I'd say physics, simply because it contains quantum mechanics, and quantum is fucking awesome.