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Dr Psyclops
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posted February 08, 2004 16:17
From general Physics. Any normal person with my intrests would study Philosophy, but I'm studying philosophy in my own time, hybridized with higher mathematics.
Wha'cha think?
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Orpheus
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posted February 08, 2004 17:16
Congrats! ![[Smile]](smile.gif) With a math degree you should be able to do just about anything.
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posted February 09, 2004 02:36
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With a math degree you should be able to do just about anything.
Yes, but I, for one, have never heard anyone say "Yeah - that's the logician's Porsche", for example.
I've always thought the Institute of Physics' logo should read: "With a Physics degree you should be able to do just about anything... except get a date, of course."
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cheezi git
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posted February 09, 2004 03:14
i would try to do maths as a major, but do economics and business as a minor. apart from the fact that there are lots of interesting problems in business (game theory, chaos, derivatives, modelling etc) that have still got loads of research to do, having some knowledge of economics/business, combined with maths, will greatly expand employment possibilities
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cheezi git
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posted February 09, 2004 10:56
This is a fascinating
example of how maths/physics is being applied to social sciences
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littlefish
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posted February 09, 2004 15:28
Well I think that maths sucks ass. But that's just my opinion.
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Xanthine
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posted February 09, 2004 15:39
Waaait...aren't you a physical chemist???
I'm not a big fan of math either, but fortunately for me all I ever need to do is algebra and arithmetic. Oh yeah, and some curve fitting, but that's what computers are for (that and we try to linearize everythihng anyways).
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posted February 09, 2004 15:43
*sigh* I wish I had been a math minor. It would have made my life so much easier. The Big Oh notation of my course load would have been around O(1) instead of O(n log n) - there's a great overlap here between CS & Math, and I would have only had to take about 2 more math classes. I'm not quite as good at math, but it would be better than management, I should think.
/me looks above - and I won't even try to read that as nice 'fitting curves' ![[Wink]](wink.gif) .
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Orpheus
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posted February 09, 2004 21:49
ok I'm already so deep in academia I sometimes fail to see beyond it into the 'real world' so my answer was somewhat skewed to my perspective. You could join any research lab you wanted with a math degree. I guess basically anything theoretical will benefit, and some practical jobs too.
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posted February 09, 2004 22:25
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Originally posted by Orpheus:
ok I'm already so deep in academia I sometimes fail to see beyond it into the 'real world'
WTF is that? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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littlefish
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posted February 10, 2004 01:00
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Waaait...aren't you a physical chemist???
Yes I am, and those bloody kids I teach in the labs keep asking me questions about maths that I can't answer. As a physical chemist I shouldn't need to know maths, just how to make all the big expensive shiny machines work together. (And when you figure that out you get a Phd). For an organic chemist you need 3 years of results, for a physical chemist you need 3 weeks of results, but you have you use machines so temperamental and esoteric that it takes 3 years to get them all working in concert. Any maths I need to do gets done by the computer. Having said that I understand mostly what is going on, but ask me to re-arrange a formula and I'm not very good!
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quote:Originally posted by Orpheus:
ok I'm already so deep in academia I sometimes fail to see beyond it into the 'real world'
WTF is that? [Razz]
The big room, with the blue ceiling (sometimes black with white sparkly bits).
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cheezi git
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posted February 10, 2004 15:24
so, as a physical chemist, does that mean you work out a lot??? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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posted February 10, 2004 15:55
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Originally posted by littlefish:
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quote:Originally posted by Orpheus:
ok I'm already so deep in academia I sometimes fail to see beyond it into the 'real world'
WTF is that? [Razz]
The big room, with the blue ceiling (sometimes black with white sparkly bits).
Hehe. I see the sparkly dandruff on the black celing more often than the blue ceiling.
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posted February 10, 2004 16:17
oooooh sparkles! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) *droooooool*
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Dr Psyclops
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posted February 10, 2004 18:36
Excuse me but I have to do this:
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Whew.
Chaos is fun.
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posted February 12, 2004 01:08
Me doing maths, statistics, applied maths, accounting, programming. I hate it... hope it gets better.
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posted February 12, 2004 01:43
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Originally posted by Dr Psyclops:
From general Physics. Any normal person with my intrests would study Philosophy, but I'm studying philosophy in my own time, hybridized with higher mathematics.
Wha'cha think?
normal according to whoze standards???? there is no such thing as a normal person.
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cheezi git
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posted February 12, 2004 02:37
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Me doing maths, statistics, applied maths, accounting, programming. I hate it... hope it gets better.
sounds a pretty good mix. it might be boring, but look at the courses as building blocks, to take you somewhere you really want to go, somewhere interesting and challenging
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posted February 12, 2004 02:49
It is quite difficult to get to grips with some strands of modern Philosophy without an understanding of Maths, and when in Maths you start dealing with stuff like that square root of -1 impossible numbers schtick, you are not far from Philosophy. So I do not understand your question. The subjects are related.
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posted February 12, 2004 13:53
normal as in average. I'm not the average mathie, not the average student, not the average philosopher, not even the average geek. I hate being average.
Philosophy has lots of logiks, you can't forget the logiks.
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cheezi git
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posted February 13, 2004 00:07
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Originally posted by Dr Cyclops:
I hate being average.
you should study statistics then, and find out that no one is normal. it's impossible
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posted February 13, 2004 11:08
Metaphysics and Ethics has told me that conventions make people the same. 90% of people are followers anyway.
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posted February 13, 2004 12:34
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Originally posted by Dr Cyclops:
Metaphysics and Ethics has told me that conventions make people the same. 90% of people are followers anyway.
Especially Star Trek conventions.
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posted February 13, 2004 12:39
In the words of my Japanese instructor, Kazuyoshi:
"Remember when you're young,
*raises two middle fingers*
take no shit from conventions,
make your own pile of shit!"
Kaz is awesome!
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