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Do you want to be a physicist or understand physics? Two very different things. If you want to BE A PHYSICIST learn a lot of math + work somewhere they do thei
by dontbenebby 4y ago
Do you want to be a physicist or understand physics? Two very different things.
If you want to BE A PHYSICIST learn a lot of math + work somewhere they do their work. Try to network and find someplace you can be a scientific programmer for a yearish.
If you just want to UNDERSTAND physics, start reading primary sources rather than shit like Wired.
Often there is a type of person that exploits that gap between say, an ARXIV print to going to a conference to going to a journal to being presented at a conference... where then a journalist sits down, observes the presentation, and writes it up, to sound smarter than they are.
I don't like that kind of person.
Hope the above is helpful!
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- garashb 4y agoI want to understand physics and maybe try to write pieces of software on specific physics domains which can be helpful to others (e.g., automate some stuff or something like that). Hope made my intention clear now :) Btw, thank you for the response.
- agumonkey 4y agonoob suggestion: physics -> mechanics + electrical engineering -> industrial engineering
- dontbenebby 4y agoIndustrial engineering is often just UX research with too much math but I get where you're coming from.
- agumonkey 4y agoI meant plant design not tool ergonomics
- dontbenebby 4y agook