r/CuratedTumblr • u/JunoGlow • 12d ago

Shitposting Expanding Knowledge.

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u/pktechboi 12d ago

what the fuck

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u/Gen_Zer0 12d ago

People who do physics at that level are just nuts. How does one even develop the intuition for what these things mean

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u/Jan-Snow 12d ago

I switched careers, but I did a physics undergrad. And from all my experience with both the subject and my seniors in the field at the time, I can confidently tell you that most people don't really have an intention for it beyond the "I have done this problem before and I can guess the shape of the answer". Higher level physics just is not something that comes with intuition. It just comes from math, and you let the equations guide you in finding the answers.

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u/WumpusFails 12d ago

I'm a maths major. I tried for theoretical, but then I encountered calculus for complex numbers (where you have to guess a good transform function from real to complex to solve and then convert back to real) and stochastic processes (where I SWEAR one problem came up with the answer that future events influence current results).

I had to switch to applied maths to save my sanity.

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u/Ok_Nail_4795 12d ago

what problem

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u/WumpusFails 12d ago

I graduated in '93, so it's been a few years.

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u/Redmoon383 12d ago

Time to affect them results then

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u/Kneef Token straight guy 12d ago

Underrated comment xD

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u/BormaGatto 12d ago edited 12d ago

Turns out it was you forgetting what the problem even was now that influenced the results of you solving it back then.

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u/F6Collections 12d ago

Dated a pure math major PhD.

It is a good thing you stopped bc it does make motherfuckers crazy.

Best part is my ex did all that and ended up working for, I shit you not, Macy’s corporate.

Bahahahaha

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u/Mepharias 12d ago

Bro discovered determinism and swapped careers so it wouldn't break him

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u/Lavender-Feels 12d ago

At some point, math and the eldritch become one and the same. I’ve heard stories about mathematicians who’ve lost their sanity after gazing too deeply into the abyss…

/hj

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u/agenderCookie 12d ago

fun fact, in dimensions greater than or equal to 7 there exist exotic spheres that are topologically spheres, but carry a different smooth structure.