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Woscar and Clovis have quit TA (pg. 4)
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| MSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
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keep doing what you're doing sir |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by iammesol
There is no "quitting" TA. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
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in your face kev! |
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Haha hey man, you win some you lose some. |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by LoveHate
i thought it was because he wanted to focus more on his music.:conf: |
That's obviously a cheap excuse and a lie. I've heard his music. :o |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
id just concentrate on the science, get a job in the field im interested in so can afford to eat, and THEN waste my time with philosophy. |
Pretty much what I'm doing :p
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
LOL, actually I want to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience once I'm done and do research on things like morality and how the brain constructs the mind. |
Check these out:
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
quite frankly I don't want to do anything in engineering for a living anymore and science has always been a passion of mine.
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Does not compute.
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
The reason I'm getting a degree in Philosophy first is because I believe that Science and Philosophy go hand in hand and therefore a scientist with no proper philosophical education will fail at making prescriptions or at the very least, interpretations that derivate from his work.
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I disagree completely. You're overestimating how cutting-edge and groundbreaking scientific work is.
Let the Meat-oracle tell you what will happen: You'll get a job at some university or research institute. What you'll do all day is analyse the latest fMRI data, do some image processing, maybe monotonously type in some surveys you made among test persons who were asked whether a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses would win a fight while they were eating a banana and doing a sudoku in the MRI. Then you do statistical analysis, read through some papers and start writing your own, where you just pull some random excuse for a conclusion out of your ass, because the data is inconclusive. Maybe your prof will jabber about the more cool sounding implications you know from books on some conference, but firstly you'll have nothing to do with it and secondly will realize that it's crap.
Note how at no point your philosophy degree plays any role. It will matter only to yourself. If you do towards Neuroscience you'll work as an engineer and gain about as much from philosophy as a Toyata driver from a bumper sticker saying "This is a Porsche and I'm a big bad mother******!".
Unless I misunderstand what you mean by that engineering degree I think you're wasting your time for reasons Slylee could explain and analyse better than me. But one of them is surely that work sucks. ;) |
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| Ian |
| Oscar, you don't need a degree to know Osterzone is a troll :p |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
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Bahahahaha quality. A+
Definitely worth a quote.
Also, did I hear someone say "finish Science then when you're making money study Philosophy"? Pro tip, the money in Science in a general sense sucks so don't go expecting a whole lot. |
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| Esiotrat |
Hal what the ?! :stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
I want to see a thread about chlola quitting TA. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Esiotrat
I want to see a thread about chlola quitting TA. |
We all do :( |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Check these out:
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Thanks! Those came up on a list I found on Amazon about Experimental Philosophy but I had the impression that they might be too advanced for my current level. What do you think? :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Does not compute. |
I don't want to work in that field anymore. What I meant by having a "passion for science" is a love for natural science, not applied science. :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187 I disagree completely. You're overestimating how cutting-edge and groundbreaking scientific work is.
Let the Meat-oracle tell you what will happen: You'll get a job at some university or research institute. What you'll do all day is analyse the latest fMRI data, do some image processing, maybe monotonously type in some surveys you made among test persons who were asked whether a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses would win a fight while they were eating a banana and doing a sudoku in the MRI. Then you do statistical analysis, read through some papers and start writing your own, where you just pull some random excuse for a conclusion out of your ass, because the data is inconclusive. Maybe your prof will jabber about the more cool sounding implications you know from books on some conference, but firstly you'll have nothing to do with it and secondly will realize that it's crap.
Note how at no point your philosophy degree plays any role. It will matter only to yourself. If you do towards Neuroscience you'll work as an engineer and gain about as much from philosophy as a Toyata driver from a bumper sticker saying "This is a Porsche and I'm a big bad mother******!". |
Erm...Brian, is that you? :wtf:
I explained that given the nature of the fields I am interested in doing research (morality, the mind), having a strong philosophical background is very important. As I said, you cannot go into researching morality ignoring what centuries of philosophical thought have delivered on the subject. The same can be said about philosophy of mind.
| quote: | | Originally posted by Meat187 Unless I misunderstand what you mean by that engineering degree I think you're wasting your time for reasons Slylee could explain and analyse better than me. But one of them is surely that work sucks. ;) |
LOL, Slylee. :p
I have a major in Engineering, and I don't want to do that for the rest of my life anymore. ;) |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Thanks! Those came up on a list I found on Amazon about Experimental Philosophy but I had the impression that they might be too advanced for my current level. What do you think? :p |
You can always "try" before you buy ;)
It isn't an introductory text, that's for sure, but the way these books are organised really impressed me: Someone proposes a theme, a critic writes a reply afterwards, and then the original author defends his views. That's how science and philosophy work, and the people involved are some of the big names in the field (making the whole enterprise much more fun).
Even if you're a beginner, I guess it's a nice opportunity to feel what it is like to tell everyone else they're wrong :D |
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