What fields of science are on the brink of revolutionary changes

Sociology

>>8299670
genetics

Math

non-deterministic axiomatic p-adic quantum electromagnetism

>>8299670
philosophy

>>8299677
Bait

Triple integrals

>>8299676
So... electroweak theory?

>>8299670
Genetics, holistic medicine, and cybernetics. So basically medicine.

>>8299674
this is the only serious answer

every other field has either nothing exciting on the horizon (e.g. maths) or just memes (e.g. astronomy with proxima b / this weeks new meme propulsion technology)

>>8299670

Creation science.

Computer Science

Some dude comes up and gives an efficient polynomial-time algorithm for some NP-hard problem.

>>8299744
[eqn] u *gieb *snapchat* nudes? [/eqn]

>>8299744
>revolutionary
it really depends on the algorithm

save for some select algorithms, it either takes years to actually be put into use (e.g. traffic systems, banks) since those places dont like upgrades, or it has no noticable effect (e.g. websites become slightly faster to people who will always complain its slow anyway), or only a select few people will care (e.g. algorithms used for niche science)

Actually math. Shinici Mitsubishi actually opened up a whole new field

>>8299670
psychiatry

>>8299674
Absolutely this. The only tool left to develop is a method of predicting protein folding and there will be a genetic engineering revolution

>>8299670
>>8299670

Neuroscience wrt meditation

>>8299670
math. mathematicians will start using -1/12 for calculations and some guy a hundred years from now will disprove it and 100 years will be wasted

>>8299729
You're a colossal idiot

>>8299678
Not at all. Cognitive science and fundamental physics are both expected to blow up, which would have tremendous effects on philosophy.

>>8299734
sad but true

>>8299674
what about chemistry?

>>8300932
For you?

Anyway aren't most fields on the brink of revolutionary changes? Can someone tell me a field that isn't?
No meming please.

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>>8299670
None.

We've discovered most of the science that is pertinent to humans. What is needed more now is for engineers to get off their asses and make something useful out of it.

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>>8301239
retarded post with a retarded pic

well, at least there's some harmony to it

>>8301239
actually, its more of a retarded post with a retarded post as a pic

so its, like, a fractal of idiocy

do computer sciences count? computers beat top go-players and started 'dreaming'. imho, artificial intelligence is close.

>>8299674
how do you get into genetics?

can you get into genetics if you are doing physics degree for undergrad now? I imagine protein folding and biophysics would overlap like that?

advice on skills to pick up for this?

>>8301239
1 and 3 contradict. Obviously humans haven't discovered everything if they can't terraform in a short time

>>8299729
What are physics

>>8299670
Dick enlargement

>>8299670
Art

>>8299729
>every other field has either nothing exciting on the horizon
>t. high school dropout

Neuroscience. We're starting to have the right tools to study the brain.

>>8301289
Try to get into bioinformatics applied to structural biology (3d modelisation of biologic systems, drug design...). Best biology field and i know at least 3 persons that went in it from a physics licence.

>>8301289
I'm nearly done my biochemistry undergrad, and I've focused in biophysics. I'd say you're fairly equipped to model proteins or other biomolecules with a physics course-load. Biophysics a lot of stat-mech and a modest amount of QM.

The kicker is that you also need a firm grasp of chemistry, mainly physical chemistry (quantum and thermodynamic) so I would recommend taking those two courses -- at my Uni, they came in Physical Chemistry 1 and 2. If you're unfamiliar, Molecular Orbital Theory is also important in the field but you should be able to self study that (VBT, VSEPR, Schrodinger, etc).

That knowledge is valuable in designing functional proteins, or being able to look at a protein structure and understand how it works on its ligand.

Honestly, I think economics is going to have quite a few interesting changes.

I say this because our ability to model complex systems like the economy is getting better and better thanks to advances in and the increase in popularity of computation technology that allows for the processing of vast amounts of data and indicators eventually making for more and more accurate models.

This, coupled with the fact that the discipline got a huge reality check from the 2008 crisis, I think, means that the next few generations of economists are going to be thinking quite a bit differently than their predecessors, and they will have the tools to explore new ideas.

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>>8301417
I agree with this. I've recently started stock trading and studying market trends is fascinating. The interface of mathematical modeling with human psychology is quite unique.

>pic related. sexy cup and handle formation.

>>8299670
AI-research obivously

>>8301317
There's nothing to discover. Just slam moons and asteroids into a planet for terraforming. We won't be doing that because it costs too much. We have the science for it. It just needs to be engineered.

Engineering isn't a science.

>>8301258
>>8301265
>2 posters post detailed rebuttals.

>>8301461
newsflash, it was the same fag here!

please stop polluting the thread with your stupidity and leave

>>8299744
So applied mathematics...still maths.

Nanotechnology
Robotics
Biotechnology

[Kurzweil intensifies]

>>8299670
None, most have been pushing the same revolution for decades. People can picture a break though, but always get stuck on the details that never get resolved as "just one more discovery" is needed.

The huge changes of our future are going to be in social and end application. I mean the core of the Internet was just getting computers to use the telephone. Sure new discovers made it better, but those mostly happened after the other parts were done and there was big money to back it. That kind of thing is rare now, thus new social interactions like Twitter and Face book are the big thing.

That not to say we know it all, just that the current environment for new discovers is all wrong, and each step cost more then the last so there is growing discouragement for them.

>>8301594
>current environment for new discovers is all wrong, and each step cost more then the last so there is growing discouragement for them

sure you arent just talking out of your ass, are you?

I'll cast another vote for genetics.

>>8301289

>how do you get into genetics?

Do a PhD in a lab that does work in the field.

>can you get into genetics if you are doing physics degree for undergrad now? I imagine protein folding and biophysics would overlap like that?

Though there isn't much overlap between protein folding and genetics, you're on the right track. With an undergrad degree in physics, you'd be best suited for a biophysics grad program. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't look into any number of other programs, such as biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, etc.

In grad school, ultimately, your lab and your PI weigh more heavily than your program. IMO, look for labs that are doing the sort of work you're interested in, then look for the programs those labs are affiliated with. You can also email the PIs to inquire if they're taking students.

I would add that, as has been mentioned, physics majors who go into biophysics tend to be well-suited for computational chemistry (protein modeling). If you really are interested in being an experimentalist in, say, a molecular biology or genetics lab, it would be beneficial to get some experience and skills in the wet lab.

Complex systems and systems biology are other fields that you may be interested in.

>>8301415

Very solid post.

Would really like to know what the physics people ITT think is on the horizon, because I can't see shit. We've built a 26km LHC that's not even close to the grand unified theory scale of energy (nowhere near quantum gravity scale). That's limited by electrode field emission. The new accelerators aren't close either. I'm ignorant of QM, but I don't see how materials science is going to drastically change anything soon. What are room temperature superconductors going to do when they have a critical current density? Lossless electricity coming out of solar farms in the Sahara? Whoopdee.

>>8301634
Fairly certain. Just look at it through an economic lens.

While equipment and material cost have dropped dramatically the cost of staffing has grown much faster, so the overall cost of R&D has climbed to stagging levels. A major factor in this is new systems are more complex then the older ones, and given people's ability to learn and understand all of it the work that use to be done by a single researcher is now done by larger and larger teams. This also increase the cost of communication, which many over look as a breakthrough does little good if nobody knows about it.

Given these costs the funding sources (i.e. investors, companies and governments) are underfunding their projects as they don't want to commit the large amount of needed funds, furthered by current politics. This risk aversion also means the more unusual side project where many new discovers are made are not funded at all as they have a high uncertainty with them.

The relative cost per discovery has grown at an alarming rate.
What's the last major breakthrough you heard of?
Odds are it was just an incremental improvement on prior data collection as many are not familiar with the filed literature and the mainstream news took it out of context.

Then there are also social costs that get factored in. One reason cities has historically been the hot spots of discovers is the large flow of information. Even competitors would brag to friends who were also friends with the competition in the field and small, yet critical data would be shared with all in some fashion. This was thanks to the limited number of experts in the field and other things that made them closer then many understand. The Internet enhanced this the world over. However with the growth in patent protection measures and company secrets, as no body wants to lose their next big thing. So now many restrict the flow of such information. This has stunted the growth of research.

This and more makes for low odds of major discoveries.

>>8301173
Neuroscience.

>>8301733
Wasn't there just a breakthrough on a whole new class of particles?

>>8301742
There was some unexplainable blip recently that was just a blip, and then there was the pentaquark further back, IIRC.

>>8301734
this is how bad books are written

>>8301239
It greatly perturbs me that the post in the image claims speculation as fact

>>8301594
Wouldn't you say genetics is close now? Especially since there's some big money to back it

>>8301786
dude, this faggot is just excercising his writing skills, he doesnt know shit

>>8301733
if you want to go into experimental, go into astroparticle: it's the most promising way to study HEP and it's not limited by needs of huge funding.

if you want to go into theory go into quantum information unless you're a genius (in the latter case go into particle theory)

>>8301475
>>8301782
>>8301258
>>8301265
>>8301317
It is true.

Nothing of value to humanity is left to be discovered by science. We have everything we need, already discovered. We merely need to do something with it.

You should probably go back to >>>/x/ kids and leave the big boy stuff to engineers.

>>8302141
>being this fat

>>8302141
t. delusional brainlet

>>8301733
Quantum information theory is exploding right now, lots of new perspective on QM that could potentially lead to a cogent interpretation and/or unification.

>>8299670
Physics is getting pretty exciting. By that I mean we're really getting to know just how little we understand of the universe. The standard model looks more and more broken every day, gravity doesn't play nice, dark matter is an enigma, GR doesn't mix with quantum shit...
Physics just seems so ripe for someone to come along and completely change the game. I just hope it happens in my lifetime.

>>8301417
What reality check did economists get from the 2008 crisis? That seems like more of a learning event for policy makers and investment bankers.

Ecology with philosophy.

Gravitational wave astronomy

>>8301417
I agree.

>>8302141
10,000% this

People have too much of a romantic opinion of science due to sci-fi entertainment. You literally can not do, "everything" you can imagine. Scientists who try are just grant chasers, nothing more.

>>8301171
naturally you need chemistry in order to explain the reactions going on with DNA, in that case chemistry would be just a tool, I guess

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Positive Psychology.

>>8302141
Value is completely subjective. Just because you have no imagination doesn't mean you have to project it onto others.

>>8299674
This.

CRISPR-Cas9
should become a household name, it will be a force to reckon with, both in good and bad.

>>8299670
Psychology, as it has the biggest potential for improvement. As it stands it's either observational, pseudoscientific theories, or mildly effective treatments for mental illnesses.

Psychology is almost a joke but it deserves so much better.

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>>8303589
Positive Psychology is pseudoscience, though it does contain some credible research into things like depression.

>>8303589
I always knew National Socialism was a rational centrist position.

>>8301171
Biochemistry would hugely benefit from a genetics revolution since it would make protein stuff quite a bit easier, but that would require the genetics revolution to happen first. Similarly O-chem could benefit from better genetic manipulation knowledge through the production of specific biocatalysts

>>8303712
was that /s or /ss ?

>>8303592
Imagination has nothing at all to do with it. In fact, imagination is a hindrance in science. You end up turning it into a religion which is the worst thing you can do.

Gender studies
I'm so glad our society is so progressive

>>8303624
https://youtu.be/2pp17E4E-O8?t=1m

>>8303853
>In fact, imagination is a hindrance in science

Einstein would beg to differ...

>>8302244
>Physics is getting pretty exciting. By that I mean we're really getting to know just how little we understand of the universe. The standard model looks more and more broken every day, gravity doesn't play nice, dark matter is an enigma, GR doesn't mix with quantum shit...
>Physics just seems so ripe for someone to come along and completely change the game. I just hope it happens in my lifetime.

I think the revolution is more likely now that the Large Hadron Collider has effectively ruled out all those wrong trees theoretical physicists have been barking up for the past 40 years in pursuit of Naturalism, but the old physicists will probably have to die off before new theories and explanations are fully accepted. At least, that's what's happened every other time.

>>8303853
lol, look at this idiot

>>8303955
fuck off Deepak Chopra

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>>8299734

>creationism (pic related)
>science

Pick one.

>>8300378
More info please.

>>8300403
This. Add to that more efficient methods to predict protein and gene interactions and human genetic engineering might be actually safe. That'll be a real revolution.

>>8301327
Nice b8, m8.

>>8301361
Elaborate please?

>>8299670
differential memeology

>>8303589
Holyshit this pic is surprisingly accurate. (at least for me).
The location of ENTP closely corresponds to my Political compass results.

>>8303541
Lolwut

>being this autistic

>>8303589
>make chart claiming libertarians are autists
>make libertarians amazed at my accuracy
10/10 would meme again

>>8302246
In a word, it changed attitudes towards the sustainability of low interest rates in order to fuel investment. Towards the end of Alan Greenspan's career as chairman and during Ben Bernanke's, for some fucking reason, consistent low interest became the go to meme in order to fuel growth and investment.

I'm definitely leaving out a lot, but if you have netflix watch the documentary Money for Nothing, it'll explain everything

>>8303589

this is pretty accurate for me. ISTJ.

Hidrology / Biology / Ecology

>>8303589
Intj is tasked with saving the human race from collapsing in on itself. Not making money

>>8299670
Nothing.

It is all engineer work now. That isn't exactly a science is it?

>>8299720
i second genetics

>>8305106
how does one get into genetics?

>>8299670
>posts picture of a clown sleeping

Dude fuck off with your quality threads.

>>8303589
>existentialist INTP nazi
Damn

>>8299670
high energy physics

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>>8299759
>What is NP-completeness?