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Read the question. I personally take a liking to chemistry and computer sciences. I'll be posting a very general poll, but there are many subfields so feel free to elaborate.:)

I'm an ex-chemistry major.. so I'll go with that, being the only discipline I know much about..

I don't think computer science really counts, but I voted for it anyway.

Economics ain't a science now, is it?

Well, it's pretty good at pretending to be one. ;)

I was going to put "Creation Science" for the last option with a snide remark, but I figured it'd be too flamebaitish.;)

Personally, I'm really interested in computers and software and hardware. So, computers in general. Not a supergenius in the arena - I don't have any programming languages under my belt, but the area still fascinates me. I take chemistry as a complement towards computer science, at least the hardware portion (which is part mathematics/engineering and then the chemistry of the electronics with electrons and protons and neutrons oh my!). Since I'm consider myself diversified, right now I'm interested in subatomic particles and so forth and the whole atomic structure thing with cations, anions, covalent bonds, quarks, etc. It's really general chemistry, I suppose, but that's what they offer you in high school.;) And for the record, I never really liked biology.:D

Economics ain't a science now, is it?

Well, it's pretty good at pretending to be one. ;)

Well, I took a pretty broad list from Wikipedia and my own stuff and I only had 10 options and I had to be snide in at least one, so I could only pick 9 sciences, and I decided to take the "hard" ones first, then the social ones, and then add computer science because it's leet.

I don't think computer science really counts, but I voted for it anyway.

Yeah, I was skeptical about putting that. But, hey, I wanted to vote for it dammit!;)

Chem.

Can we consider mathematics a science in its own right? If, for our purposes here, its not just considered a tool of science, then I'd go with mathematics. (I don't posture myself as any kind of expert on it, I just favor it.)

Nuclear physics. No, really....I find it really interesting.

Chem is cool too, though I never studied that at school. And i've always had a big interest in astronomy.

Physics is my major...

Im especially interested in Theroetical Physics...

Just thought Id let you know, my name can be misleading.

Can we consider mathematics a science in its own right? If, for our purposes here, its not just considered a tool of science, then I'd go with mathematics. (I don't posture myself as any kind of expert on it, I just favor it.)

"Mathematics is the queen of all sciences." -- Gauss

I would vote for mathematics.

I voted physics. Astronomy is cool, but i guess in the long run it isn't quite as relevant as "the basis of how everything works".

perhaps a future poll on the same vein would be "most influential" or "favorite scientist of all time"

-just a thought. GO SCIENCE!

It was a tough choice between astronomy and physics... I'm studying astrophysics.

Who was it that said "All science is either physics or stamp collecting"?

I bet it wasn't a zoologist.

In Las Vegas, Hotel Management is a science. Even has a grad school here.
I sometimes think it would be funny to read the doctoral thesis "Keeping Call Girls Out of the Lobby During the Swing Shift"...

Can we consider mathematics a science in its own right? If, for our purposes here, its not just considered a tool of science, then I'd go with mathematics. (I don't posture myself as any kind of expert on it, I just favor it.)

I'm not sure on the definition of mathematics as a science. Hence, it wasn't included.

Here's a short (literally very short) comment on mathematics as a science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Is_mathematics_a_science.3F

Personally, when I think of sciences, I think of the natural sciences...as I'm sure most people do.

I'm not sure on the definition of mathematics as a science. Hence, it wasn't included.

Here's a short (literally very short) comment on mathematics as a science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Is_mathematics_a_science.3F

Personally, when I think of sciences, I think of the natural sciences...as I'm sure most people do.

Fair enough. If Mathematics failed to make a showing in the primaries, my delegation throws in with Physics.

Who was it that said "All science is either physics or stamp collecting"?

It was Rutherford.

I voted physics, but I'd say astronomy comes in a close second.
I just got a decent reflector for my birthday, so it's been keeping me busy.

It was Rutherford.

Much thanks, I'll google him/her. :)

Biology, mainly because it includes paleontology. I like me dinosaurs.

It's closely followed by astronomy. I don't understand any of the mathematics, but I like the mental images of black holes, trinary star systems, supernovae... Good for inspiring sci-fi stories.

I hate all Science, it is evil and may mean that I fail school this year :headbang:

If I had to pick one though it would have to be Biology though

I voted physics, but I'd say astronomy comes in a close second.
I just got a decent reflector for my birthday, so it's been keeping me busy.

Oooooh, I want one....

I live in a big city though, so with all the background light and such it wouldn't do me much good. :(

My favorite science is Nipple Science, the science of nipples.

[QUOTE=Pennterra]Biology, mainly because it includes paleontology. I like me dinosaurs.

oh damn! i forgot about dinosaurs!

try throwing a calculator at a t-rex... im changing bandwagons

My favorite science is Nipple Science, the science of nipples.

Papillology is the study of nipples. Nipple Science is a religious group that broke away from Scientology in 1978.

the sciencey end of anthropology (because i also like the not quite as sciencey end of it as well). after that, straight over to evolutionary biology. as long as i'm not being required to memorize endless lists of stupid names, anyway.

the sciencey end of anthropology (because i also like the not quite as sciencey end of it as well). after that, straight over to evolutionary biology. as long as i'm not being required to memorize endless lists of stupid names, anyway.

but taxonomy is fun! dinosauria theropoda tyrrannosauridae tyrannosaurus rex

computers

I'm going to go with Physics because I aced that class in High School with minimal effort. It also has filled my brain with no end of useless information about determining angles and fps and other basic crap that is only even useful in theory if you know slightly more complicated stuff.

Well Astronomy was the closest of those listed but my favorite is really Cosmology. What's not to love about a science which has "proven" the existence of a dimension of time which this universe only experienced for about 8 picoseconds, "proven" because otherwise all of existence falls apart?

The second choice would also be hard to fit to you scheme, bio-chemistry. Sure chemistry is nice in itself as is biology, but the absolute beauty of the way the geometry of complex molecules casues them to interact blows them out of the water. Taking the complex molecules of biological organisms, seeing how that act and interact, and then seeing how minor changes in molecular structure affect organisms on a macroscopic level, exquisite. My attraction is probably more to the chemistry than the biology, but is not just chemistry which I can take or leave.

Physics or Astronomy. Or both :o

*Burns Science*
It isnt as if it has given me anything useful lately.........

Balisitics.:fluffle:

Definitely Physics. It is such an exact science, incredibly interesting and there is so much that remains unknown to this day, it really inspires me to pursue my career in...


... bwaaahahahah!!!
Sorry. Couldn't resist. Me no like physics... more of the social sciences kind of girl :)

I like chemistry because you get to mix all the silly chemicals and then they bubble and fizzle and change colour and I really like it when they change colour.

Also I once thought I spilled some of the HCl but turns out I didn't. Or something. It was just a few drops 0.1 M anyway.

Social/Political Science

Definitely Physics. It is such an exact science, incredibly interesting and there is so much that remains unknown to this day, it really inspires me to pursue my career in...


... bwaaahahahah!!!
Sorry. Couldn't resist. Me no like physics... more of the social sciences kind of girl :)
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*Fires a Trebuchet*

*Ambles off to bed Full on Mead*

Why do I have to choose? Put many of those together in a mixer, and have the wonderfully inexact science of medicine! Yay!

ive got a sociology a level, so, erm, yeah... sociology.

Which one does languages 'n' stuff belong to? I just checked psychology/social science...
I'm actually studying something useful and helping the understanding among the nations by studying Japanese :D

Which one does languages 'n' stuff belong to? I just checked psychology/social science...
I'm actually studying something useful and helping the understanding among the nations by studying Japanese :D

Gambate! (sic?)

alchemy

gold + explosions = :D

Bugger.. Meant to click Ecology, not Astrology.

Life is defined by biology
biology is defined by chemistry
chemistry is defined by physics

"...yea but in the end its all vectors anyway, so who really cares about what color it is." - WOW quote from my last years AP Physics class

Please mind that GUT and TOE (Grand Unified Theory, Theory of Everything)can show how genesis is possible and how God (or something of the sort) did create the universe.

I don't like science. Science stands between me and God.

I voted for the only "real" science on there - physics. (Awaits the flames)

I majored in poli "sci" with concentrations in IR and poli theory. It sure as hell hasn't been reduced to a science yet. Maybe someday.


Which one does languages 'n' stuff belong to? I just checked psychology/social science...
I'm actually studying something useful and helping the understanding among the nations by studying Japanese :D

Kawaiiso, ne.

i can't pick one. they're all facinating.
i love theoretical/logical physics (cos i can't deal with the maths)
biology is just amazing
chemistry is fantastic and with physics, really offers a base to understand things in all three core sciences (a-level was way better for this)

economics makes loads of sense (till i got to uni :() and is just interesting. explains so many things on a sociological level

what else??

psychology is intrinsically facinating... there isn't much more interesting than the study of the mind and the person/personality

computer science... don't know much but i loves my computer :)

I chose Astronomy.

Theoretical physics and astronomy are great to look into. Blackhole, quantum physics, and the like are interesting subjects.

Astronomy. For the most elegant uses of basic geometry I have ever seen.

Astronomy is always interesting

Science bores me to tears.

Bugger.. Meant to click Ecology, not Astrology.
astrology is not the same as astronomy.

astrology is not the same as astronomy.
I know. Thankfully you seem to understand what I meant, instead of what I actually wrote :p

astrology is not the same as astronomy.

Badastrology.com doesn't exist. =(

Badastrology.com doesn't exist. =(
That's because all astrology is bad.

www.badastronomy.com exists.

I am going to be a physicist, so I put down physics.

Can anyone justify abolishing science? Also, give me your address so I can cause hydrogen to fuse into helium at your location?

Chem.

Chem's good but it's so f*cken hard, at my school at least. And the teahcer is probably the antichrist.

What's your favorite science?
Cosmology! Yayyy!

Physics! Well, specifically astrophysics, but most of the rest is pretty cool... apart from electricity! That is the spawn of the evil one, along with stats and coffee. Energy is also pretty dull - or at least, the way we study it.

I voted for the only "real" science on there - physics. (Awaits the flames)
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we need you physicists

afterall we need someone to use all the boring machines so we can get on with the proper science of biology......

just joking I value all the 4 major sciences (though I do have an order of preference) Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths.

i'm a biologsit by the way (i'm doing Biochemistry and Genetics at Aberystwyth (yay love the U.W.A))

I like all the major sciences though I do tease the otherones (me and my friends who are chemists are involved in a "anything you can do I can do better" kinda thing at the moment, they also don't like being called an endangered speicies (dam I can't spell))

I voted physics. Astronomy is cool, but i guess in the long run it isn't quite as relevant as "the basis of how everything works".

perhaps a future poll on the same vein would be "most influential" or "favorite scientist of all time"

-just a thought. GO SCIENCE!

Which 9 would you suggest (one for other)

Obviously Einstein would be up there... would need a good selection from each of the fields.

Chem's good but it's so f*cken hard, at my school at least. And the teahcer is probably the antichrist.

That's why the apocalypse never happened, you know. The guy who was supposed to be the anti-christ became fascinated with chemistry after watching "Bill Nye the Science Guy", and instead decided to teach.

His dad was pissed...

Hmm, science fiction definately :)

Chemistry. If it can blow up or blow my mind I'm always interested

Definitely mathematics. I admire its purity and elegance. "Queen of sciences" is a damn good definition for it, as it works on a purely theoretical level seemingly detached from real world and physical sciences, but at the same time setting rules all the lower sciences are subject to.

EDIT: But from those on the list, I'll have to go with physics.

Read the question. I personally take a liking to chemistry and computer sciences. I'll be posting a very general poll, but there are many subfields so feel free to elaborate.:)

Quantum Physics because I'm in a rare and elite group of people crazy enough to understand it. :)

Physics is my major...

Im especially interested in Theroetical Physics...

Just thought Id let you know, my name can be misleading.

I would've had you pegged as a botanist. *nod*

Chemistry is best, without a doubt. Even I love it, and I'm doing a BA lol.

Read the question. I personally take a liking to chemistry and computer sciences. I'll be posting a very general poll, but there are many subfields so feel free to elaborate.:)
Neuroscience is not in the poll. I refuse to vote.

*sulks*

Science? Blasphemy!Your terrible heresies must end! I'm getting the burning stake!

Actually, I'd say psychology is my favorite. Chemistry isn't too far off.

I go back and forth between astronomy (my first scientific love) and geology. Of course, there's a wonderful intersection of the two in planetary science, which I find fascinating.

:p

Mad Science.

Physics, although i'm failing most of it. In any case v=u+at is maths, anyway!

Science bores me to tears.

heretic
wait science doesn't have those...

Quantum Physics because I'm in a rare and elite group of people crazy enough to understand it. :)

define understand
The concepts Yes
the math hell no

Political science! That's gonna be my major if some college somehow admits me.

I study ghetto street physics, or "Fyzix".

I always liked biology. I always did well in all biology classes. I took AP Biology and did well. I've always been interested in anatomy and physiology.

I picked biology.

BTW, isn't ecology part of biology?

BTW, isn't ecology part of biology?
Yes.

I study ghetto street physics, or "Fyzix".

Heh, like Dr. "Bubblegum" Tate and his freewheeling "Globetrotter" mathematics.

Newtonizzle Mechanizzle, son. Preach on!

Yes.
Ah. Good. I was seriously questioning myself (yet again...).

we need you physicists

afterall we need someone to use all the boring machines so we can get on with the proper science of biology......

just joking I value all the 4 major sciences (though I do have an order of preference) Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths.

i'm a biologsit by the way (i'm doing Biochemistry and Genetics at Aberystwyth (yay love the U.W.A))

I like all the major sciences though I do tease the otherones (me and my friends who are chemists are involved in a "anything you can do I can do better" kinda thing at the moment, they also don't like being called an endangered speicies (dam I can't spell))


Hehehe. Not a physicist, not even close. Although my major was in a subject begining witrh "P" and that some claim as a science.

define understand
The concepts Yes
the math hell no

Both.

Earth Sciences, Human Geography :D lol!

Physics is cool as well tho!

Quantum Physics because I'm in a rare and elite group of people crazy enough to understand it. :)
So, were you crazy first, or did quantum physics make you that way? :p