Mine’s physics! I enjoy it so much 😃
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As a computer person… algorithm design is extremely fascinating and while I think it’s silly that my BS says “computer science” there definitely is a real field of computer scientists and it’s awesome. Most of us are just really well practiced code monkeys though.
I have two friends who are studying or have studied computer science and I have nothing but respect for what they do. It’s a rapidly growing and very versatile field
To clarify, are they actually doing research or just CS degree havers? Most of us folks with CS degrees don’t work in a research capacity (even if we’re working with interesting business problems).
Being able to factor algorithms like algebraic equations is really neat.
I’ve never been able to wrap my head around proofs of algorithms, but I love the idea.
One of the best authorities on that concept is Djikstra - they actually formally proved a few full algorithms and also provided a lot of guidance on how to prove others. It’s not something you’ll see… well, probably ever… but it’s a very interesting approach to program design. Dijkstra imagined a world where all programmers would be writing formal proofs of correctness before authoring a single line of code… that’s a neat world, I’d love to see it… but it’s also incredibly burdensome so our tech explosion would likely be happening a lot slower.
Maths, because its maths all the way down/up.
Relevant xkcd
Yep. If you count math as a science, math is my favorite.
If not, probably geology.
My favorite field of science is… Field Science…
There’s honestly a ton of stuff out there in the natural world that we can’t get data about any other way other than having field scientists out in, you know, actual fields and rivers and forests.
I’m not a scientist, but I can get down with that.
Not a scientist, but I find astrophysics endlessly interesting. When daily life seems overwhelming it’s good to consider what an insignificant morsel I am, in fact the whole solar system is, in the scale of the known universe.
There’s a supermassive black hole aptly named TON 618 that’s 40 times larger than our solar system! Some of these sizes are incomprehensible but very sobering.
Mines a toss up between microbiology and immunology, but I also totally get your favorite as it’s the basis for all sciences!
Awesome! What in particular draws you to microbiology and immunology, and what’s the most interesting thing that you’ve learned about it?
In the big picture, it’s due to the microscopic world having massive implications across life. I’ve also lost friends and family to autoimmune disorders and cancer, so my long term goal is to improve our understanding in the field. Immunology is super fascinating, but there’s more we don’t know than we know about the immune system. We don’t even understand how fever works or Tylenol from start to finish for example!
What makes you stoked about physics?
Autoimmune disorders and cancer are cruel diseases. The human body is essentially a universe of its own and there are so many things we’ve yet to understand about it. I’m sorry for your loss and I’m sure you’ll make some great contributions!
Physics gets me stoked because of these tiny particles and fields that have huge implications across the universe and life as we know it. For example if the proton were heavier than the neutron, the whole universe would be very different. Everything relies on such a delicate balance and there’s so many mysteries about physics that we’ve yet to uncover for instance dark matter and dark energy! Then there’s quantum physics, which is notoriously hard to describe but very interesting to learn about nonetheless!
I love Physics, but mostly Classical Mechanics, especially Continuum Mechanics. I am also a sucker for Information Theory and Theory of Computation.
Classical mechanics, right from the first time i learned Newton’s laws, it was always so satisfying to me. Just pure and well rounded logic to explain everything, it’s so neat.
Best example for me was the 2 body problem. Going from the 6 degrees of freedom to a simple uniform rectilinear motion of the center of mass and then leaving us with only 2 degrees of freedom. Such a elegant solution, so satisfying.
The study of psychopathology in any form, particularly of severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder type I.
I like philosophy, mathematics, and arts more, but that would be my favorite field of science.
IT security, I hold a BS. Its truly interdisciplinary which makes talent so fucking skilled people. It’s amazing. It spans from math to electronics via computer science and also touches on physical security like lock mechanisms. Endlessly interesting.
Biology is amazing. Creatures are really complex machines built through trial and error. It’s amazing to see what nature has come up with.
Astronomy. I’ve had a good day.
Physics - didn’t finish my PhD but I did love it :)
Particle physics
I’m a molecular biologist, but I’m into so many branches of science! I love maths (arguably not science) - the elegance, the consistency, and pi that pops up everywhere. Physics - the laws that actually govern the universe and it’s most basic level. Chemistry - the science of change where so much emergence happens. Biology - the science trying to solve the actual mysteries of life. Psychology, especially evolutionary psychology - understanding what makes us tick and how it came about. And linguistics - the science of the original sharing app.
Edit: typo.
Astronomy is pretty neat. Took it in college and it’s always maintained my interest.
Fluid dynamics
