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Is it worth it to get heavy into science and physics if it's not required for your studies or work? 2017-06-05 10:33:14 Post No. 8959159
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Is it worth it to get heavy into science and physics if it's not required for your studies or work?
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I'm extremely interested in certain topics in theoretical physics, but some of them are nearly impossible to grasp without a decent understanding of the math and science fundamentals.
Clearly this would be very time-consuming and mentally taxing. Do any of you find day-to-day benefits of studying these things aside from your work or school? Does it ever come up in conversation? Is satisfying enough to know these things that you would advise taking the time to learn about them even if they didn't provide academic or monetary gain?
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>>8959159
>Does it ever come up in conversation?
No. Not unless you are talking to mathematicians/physicists.
> satisfying enough to know these things that you would advise taking the time to learn about them even if they didn't provide academic or monetary gain?
Yes it is satisfying, but I would only advise it if you really enjoy it.
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>is something I find to be subjectively valuable worth pursuing?
Uh, yes?
Me, I'm just a humdrum stress engineer, but I still got most of a physics degree while in undergrad, and am taking classes on acoustics now in grad school. From a career perspective, I should be taking nothing but structures classes, but studying nothing but structures all day would drive me crazy.
No, it never comes up in conversation, and it's never gotten me a cute girl's attention or a promotion, but it is personally satisfying.
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>>8959159
>Does it ever come up in conversation?
In my previous job I got a lot of questions from colleagues (I worked as a programmer to pay down student loans). I immediately knew when they had got a new issue of the more tabloid science magazines. That set the topic for the lunch break.
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>Is it worth it to [read a book] if it's not required for your studies or work
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