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Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, December 18 2006 23:39 Profile Homepage #0 This one's pretty self-explanatory. Inspired by the recent presence of science in Synergy's debate, Thuryl's pseudoscience, and Randomizer's physics poll, I think it's time we figure out what exactly it is that we all do or wish to do with our professional lives. This list is deliberately non-exhaustive and some people may choose more than one. If you are undecided about your future education and career, please don't choose all that apply. If you have decided on more than one, do mark them all. —Alorael, who really wishes the poll came before and not after this signature. It looks funny as it is. Poll Information This poll contains 6 question(s). 53 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=wfCldQafFxxX"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=wfCldQafFxxX"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Gavin Lifecrafter Member # 7538	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 00:02 Profile Homepage #1 Nice survey, Alo. The last question confused me a bit, just for a moment. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 \| Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 00:27 Profile Homepage #2 My situation is a little complicated; I've just completed a degree in biomedical science with honours in zoology (my graduation ceremony is tomorrow, in fact), but I'm applying for a postgraduate degree in scientific communication with a view to becoming a science writer. (I'm somewhat better at writing than I am at lab work, and a lot better at writing than I am at field work.) [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 00:29: Message edited by: Spontaneous Human Combustion ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Whyte Shadow Warrior Member # 4537	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 01:42 Profile Homepage #3 Artist here. That's why it looks like I don't have a professional interest in anything - because I don't. I mean because it's something else. It's not really a lack of interest, either. I like the appeal of breakthroughs in science, but I'm not sure I could handle the grunt work and there's something I'd rather do more. Maybe I'll pick up something as an elective. Or something. Something something. -------------------- http://whyte-shadow-neko.deviantart.com - My drawings! Waka Laka love and fantasy~ Posts: 147 \| Registered: Sunday, June 13 2004 07:00
Randomizer Law Bringer Member # 6785	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 07:16 Profile #4 Loved the last question. Actually what I got a degree in and what I wound up doing are two separate fields in the poll. Still I might make it back to my original field of study some day. Posts: 4643 \| Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Nikki. Shaper Member # 3442	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 08:03 Profile Homepage #5 I "write". I would like to teach though, and I have A Levels in Economics and Psychology, so I take more than an interest in those subjects, but don't have a degree in them. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Name by Slarty, so blame him if it's filthy... Posts: 2864* \| Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Dintiradan Guardian Member # 6670	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 10:14 Profile Homepage #6 I want to be a travelling salesman when I grow up. -------------------- ... the question of whether Machines Can Think ... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim. - Edsger Dijkstra Posts: 1509 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00
Nikki. Shaper Member # 3442	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 10:17 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Dintiradan: I want to be a travelling salesman when I grow up. Would you specialise in anything? England needs a decent quill seller... -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Name by Slarty, so blame him if it's filthy... Posts: 2864* \| Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Zephyr Tempest Guardian Member # 2339	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 10:37 Profile #8 I shall become a Genetic Engineer. Surrender your genes. Uhhh...so I may manipulate them!...for the better. I've also been told I'm VERY good at writing, but I don't plan on living on publishing my writings (I still might write or publish a book at one point in my life). And I prefer blunt objects or pointy sticks. And superstition makes for nothing more than a good read or for part of a game. -------------------- -Zephyr Tempest, your personal entertainer Posts: 1779 \| Registered: Monday, December 9 2002 08:00
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 11:11 Profile Homepage #9 Natural sciences FTW! And to that end, my job will be a lot easier when I get that whole "dictating the laws of reality" thing down. :D -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Sir David Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Member # 919	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 11:21 Profile #10 Dare I ask - why did you leave out all the arts other than writing? It's funny how everyone here considers him/herself a bloody expert in the field of social/behavioral sciences and yet barely any of us are actually studying it seriously... -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 \| Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 11:30 Profile Homepage #11 A combination of artificial and social sciences for me ... better watch out. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Emperor Tullegolar Shaper Member # 7420	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 11:36 Profile Homepage #12 I've never heard that particular field called 'artificial sciences' before. Sounds kind of deragatory. Not that I mind, math is the worst. Social sciences all the way for me. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 \| Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 12:06 Profile Homepage #13 I just forgot to put in various arts besides writing. Oops. Artificial science is my tongue-in-cheek way of combining fields of study that are entirely dependent on thought. There's no natural or observational component of mathematics or computer science. —Alorael, whose studies of the mystical arts are impeded by his Rational Mind. At least he gets more experience. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Micawber Agent Member # 2759	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 12:35 Profile Homepage #14 Excellent poll. I think your term 'artificial sciences' is rather a good one, although I'm not sure how well it works for applied - as opposed to pure - mathematics. I suppose physical/biological mathematics could just be reclassified under the application; but where does one put statistics, or mathematical finance? Do tell. Edit: The point being that the latter branches are practical in the sense of existing for real world purposes, but also highly unnatural. [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:36: Message edited by: Micawber. ] -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum \| Avernum 2 \| Avernum 3 \| Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 \| Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00
SNM Shock Trooper Member # 4239	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 12:38 Profile #15 quote: Originally written by Elegance: Qwghlmian or Lojban?: Artificial science is my tongue-in-cheek way of combining fields of study that are entirely dependent on thought. There's no natural or observational component of mathematics or computer science. That's actually not true, depending on what kind of CS you do. Emergent systems are at least partly under the dominion of CS, and that's pretty much all observational. Myself, I'm double-majoring in CS and government (basically poly sci) right now. -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 \| Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 15:24 Profile Homepage #16 Um, double-majoring in Classical Languages and Astrophysics, and after that, we shall see. Right now I teach test prep (SAT, ACT, LSAT, and soon MCAT Physics). [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 15:25: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Randomizer Law Bringer Member # 6785	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 15:27 Profile #17 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Um, double-majoring in Classical Languages and Astrophysics, and after that, we shall see. Right now I teach test prep (SAT, ACT, LSAT, and soon MCAT Physics). So you can name what you find? Posts: 4643 \| Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 15:46 Profile Homepage #18 The list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive. I guess bioinformaticians can call themselves natural and artificial scientists. Many fields apply some math without actually being really mathematical. Pick for yourself. —Alorael, who thinks Kel is putting the classical back in classical mechanics. Sic itur ad astra &c. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 15:49 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Randomizer: So you can name what you find? In particular, telescope naming convention has gotten out of hand, I think. :P EDIT: Exhibit A. quote: Originally written by Lock before the in.: Sic itur ad astra &c. Google yields some sites that try to translate this as "Thus do we find the stars" or "This way to the stars," but the problem is that "itur" isn't a Latin word. "Sic iter ad astra" might be "Thus is the way to the stars" or something like that, but certainly not itur. [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 15:59: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 16:20 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Google yields some sites that try to translate this as "Thus do we find the stars" or "This way to the stars," but the problem is that "itur" isn't a Latin word. "Sic iter ad astra" might be "Thus is the way to the stars" or something like that, but certainly not itur. If it's a misspelling, it's a misspelling that's been around for an awfully long time -- it was my high school's motto, and my high school was founded in 1861. EDIT: quote: The College motto, "Sic Itur Ad Astra" is part of a verse by the Roman poet Statius: "Macte animo ... sic itur ad astra" which means "Be of courage… thus is the way to the stars". [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 16:21: Message edited by: Spoon Bending ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 17:02 Profile Homepage #21 I'll be damned... it's a real Latin word. That quote ("sic itur ad astra") is originally from the Aeneid (9.641). It's just not in the Lewis and Short, which is one of the standard Latin dictionaries. How the heck did they miss that? [ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 18:10: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Gavin Lifecrafter Member # 7538	written Tuesday, December 19 2006 17:06 Profile Homepage #22 My major is actually game design. That said, if I ever get a break from the G.E. classes, maybe I'll have a chance to get a little experience in that on my own, by way of BoA scripting. Prior knowledge is a good thing. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 \| Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00
moonear Infiltrator Member # 5410	written Wednesday, December 20 2006 07:04 Profile #23 quote: Artificial science is my tongue-in-cheek way of combining fields of study that are entirely dependent on thought. There's no natural or observational component of mathematics or computer science. Um, traditionally the study of mathematics was considered a liberal art. However, at the University I attended it was under the faculty of Science. Interestingly, Wiki has this to say about the debate as to where mathematics belongs: quote: However, in the 1930s important work in mathematical logic showed that mathematics cannot be reduced to logic, and Karl Popper concluded that "most mathematical theories are, like those of physics and biology, hypothetico-deductive: pure mathematics therefore turns out to be much closer to the natural sciences whose hypotheses are conjectures, than it seemed even recently."[11] Mathematics has also variously been considered to be a language, to be philosophy and to be applied science. Some univeristies distinguish mathematics from Science (as in the faculty of Mathematics and Science). In addition, your poll makes no note of applied sciences (like engineering). I assumed that it was included under unnatural sciences. -------------------- "Dikiyoba ... is demon ... drives people mad and ... do all sorts of strange things." "You Spiderwebbians are mad, mad, mad as March hares." Posts: 687 \| Registered: Wednesday, January 19 2005 08:00
Robinator is a Beefcake Lifecrafter Member # 34	written Wednesday, December 20 2006 07:54 Profile Homepage #24 Well, you gotta admit, at least the telescope's names aren't confusing. Although calling them "The Omnipotent All-Powerful Eye of Zeus-oscope" or "Titan's Retna" or something would have been a little more imaginative. For my own career plans, I'm planning to run for President in 2024. Put that on your calendars! It'll make a great 35th birthday present to me. -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft Awipe' Posts: 702 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00**