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[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nonsense. An astrophysicist wouldn't be caught dead hanging out in public with their dealer and somebody who thinks counting past 1 is pointless.

(/s but also shit talking is fun so pop off if this made your blood boil and you've got a witty retort)

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Be nice to the computer scientist! They wrote the program y'all space nerds can use to calculate orbital paths around your mom.

(how's that lol)

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

At least the program can run in polynomial time. They tried to do the same for yall stamp collectors moms but quickly realized that problem was NP hard!

(Perfect, no notes)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I care more about genetic manipulation than all the others, and I'm pretty sure that's a branch of biology. So... Yeah. Bio #1.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Check out Michael Levin and his work with epigenetics. Extremely fascinating stuff.

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 64 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I notice how geologists are not even in the conversation.

It's because we are all outside playing in the dirt.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

You should see what the archaeologists are up to

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But how did the rocks you find TASTE?

I've always appreciated that as a prior valid qualification method in field geology as a biologist.

Licking our cultures, buffers, and samples tends to be frowned upon.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i mean we used to have mouth pipetting and DuPont chemists smoking in the lab and noticing the taste of their experiments on the cigs lol

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I had an old chemistry professor of mine would habitually turn his head sideways when working in the hood. Lol

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

The worst ones are... radioactive, or asbestiform. So....

Kyanite is harmless but nasty.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Our geoscience department lords above lowly biopesants by 1 floor. We like to throw rotting fruit at them below us, while heckling "Culture deez nuts."

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

We once found a group of bio students on a field trip.

We pranked up their van and took incriminating pictures.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

y'all are my favorite. rocks are cool.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

And they are better for it

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Computer scientist here. I definitely do not think I'm better than a biologist.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

biochemist. i think I'm the worst lol

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was actually on track to becoming a biochemist before I changed to computer science

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

you absolutely made the right choice. i regret not switching to CS

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

Xkcd really do have a panel for everything.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Biology is just applied chemistry. Chemistry is just applied physics. Physics is just applied maths. Everything is maths.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

This is one of my favorite xkcds

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Math is just simplified physics. Physics is just simplified chemistry. Chemistry is just simplified biology.

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Math is just simplified physics

I don't know if I agree with that. Math is the language used to express Physics concepts. Physics is a conceptualization of the fundamental laws of the universe

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Trust a physicist to get butthurt that other fields are harder than theirs.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chemistry is just simplified biology.

Eh, for organic, maybe. For inorganic not really. And all the crystal stuff is just physics we appropriated. And the rest of materials science is rightfully ours as well and one day we shall take it back from the engineers.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I was thinking about that and I decided I didn't give a fuck

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

And holding up that entire stack is philosophy.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Not wrong at all, as true today as when it was first said.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago
[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Computer scientists? Sure, maybe. But all four of us will join together to resent the engineers for designing systems around extrapolated power law fits and lack of rigor (and totally not because they are higher paid or anything).

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Four of you!? That's practically an army!!

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago