• beneeney@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Fr, what can you do with a physics degree except teach people physics

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      Applied physics is a thing. Lots of jobs there. Geophysics, biophysics, engineering physics (yes, that’s a thing…)

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      8 months ago

      Literally everything. All science and engineering is based on physics

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        8 months ago

        I used my particle physics and knowledge of quantum topology to hybridise a new species of drought-resistant pineapple just the other day. It’s that easy!

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          8 months ago

          Okay. Good luck having anything from modernity without physics then. Especially your plumbing.

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            8 months ago

            Well, we did have plenty of engineered items before having the proper physics theory to explain what was happening. Physics does a whole lot more than simply enabling engineering to do more. It’s the basis of our understanding of the universe.

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            8 months ago

            Oh, I do my plumbing based on political science. But that’s not especially modern. The real genius is using music theory to run my email server. I’m setting self-hosted jazz on a saxophone next weekend.