I am interested, yo. You should bring by the chair sometime this week when your free. I also want to get some a from you if the most recent is available.
hey, I know we do not know each other at all, but I just typed in "Massive Attack" into the interests search engine here and found your profile. It's cool to find someone who's an artist but a scientist at the same time, similar to what I'm persuing. Do you ever find that the two worlds of the arts and science clash at times?
Hi. howsitgoing.01fluxFebruary 6 2005, 20:45:11 UTC
Heh. Thats a great question, and something I've thought about and argued at length. The short answer is no; they spring from the same source, the human mind seeking explanation. The only difference between the 2, and where the clash is often mispercieved, is that science makes the subjective objective, while art makes the objective subjective.
It takes as much creativity to create and solve a natural experiment (chem, bio, etc,) as it does to write a sonata. What makes me sad is that American culture tends to have great respect for the former and none for the latter, while both are terribly neccessary for us as thinking and feeling human beings.
Heh. In reality, its what i got funded for, and being a cheap bastard, I'll take free money vs. no free money any day. Also, its fun. Adding stuff to other stuff to do more stuff and seeing what happens.
Biochem seems like a good starting point, though; it branches into many different sciences: bio, chemistry, genetics. I like the idea of biochem because it lends itself to medical research easily, and thats one of my major goals because I want to do something greater to help humanity, and I think science is one of the most direct routes. Even if its something small and terribly functional, many small advancements lead to a general forward progression of ppl as a whole. (Read: Instead of being a jackass with an opinion, I'll be a jackass with an educated and respected opinion.)
I could do art, but... proffesional art scares me a lot more than differential equations. Art is something far too personal, that I do for myself and solely for myself.
If you're looking for advice on where to go, though, I'm a bad person to ask. I'll just make you think about your life, blah blah blah blah.
What makes you go, Yes. THIS IS AWESOME! ? nevermind science or career goals or any of that bullshit, what do you want? as a person? I mean, even if its an mp3 player or a piece of cake or getting laid? I'd say make a list of everything you want and everything that makes you happy that you can think of, from the frivilous to the philosophical. Most of all, be *honest*. List what you like, not what you think you should like. Then you can usually pick out trends in what you actually want, and reduce that to something specific.
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Hm, I can prolly use the wheels from my old chair, too.
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Do you ever find that the two worlds of the arts and science clash at times?
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The short answer is no; they spring from the same source, the human mind seeking explanation. The only difference between the 2, and where the clash is often mispercieved, is that science makes the subjective objective, while art makes the objective subjective.
It takes as much creativity to create and solve a natural experiment (chem, bio, etc,) as it does to write a sonata.
What makes me sad is that American culture tends to have great respect for the former and none for the latter, while both are terribly neccessary for us as thinking and feeling human beings.
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I really have no idea what to major in since I don't have a good focus on what I want to do specifically.
How did you choose biochemistry over the other sciences?
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I really have no idea what to major in since I don't have a good focus on what I want to do specifically.
How did you choose biochemistry over the other sciences?
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Biochem seems like a good starting point, though; it branches into many different sciences: bio, chemistry, genetics. I like the idea of biochem because it lends itself to medical research easily, and thats one of my major goals because I want to do something greater to help humanity, and I think science is one of the most direct routes. Even if its something small and terribly functional, many small advancements lead to a general forward progression of ppl as a whole.
(Read: Instead of being a jackass with an opinion, I'll be a jackass with an educated and respected opinion.)
I could do art, but... proffesional art scares me a lot more than differential equations. Art is something far too personal, that I do for myself and solely for myself.
Meh.
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What makes you go, Yes. THIS IS AWESOME! ? nevermind science or career goals or any of that bullshit, what do you want? as a person? I mean, even if its an mp3 player or a piece of cake or getting laid?
I'd say make a list of everything you want and everything that makes you happy that you can think of, from the frivilous to the philosophical. Most of all, be *honest*. List what you like, not what you think you should like. Then you can usually pick out trends in what you actually want, and reduce that to something specific.
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