Thermodynamics is the subject I most wish I retained more of from college. Studied just enough to pass, then promptly forgot most of it. And since it’s a subject that basically never comes up afterwards unless you’re doing pretty specialized work, it’s pretty much all gone.
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I’d like to make much better versions of joking-but-not-joking meta-shitposts like this. Complete with Gibbs free energy calculations, shitposting efficiency etc.
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On a scale of 1-10, 10 being highest, here’s my ranking of engineering subjects based on philosophical profundity:
Shop class: 10
Materials science: 9.5
Thermodynamics: 9
Information theory: 9
Controls: 8
Computational complexity: 7
Design: 6*
OR: 5
Optimization: 4
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All I can say is that the "Intro to materials science and engineering" class I had as part of my engineering degree was like the "opposite of meditation" that was asking about
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What should one do to get the effect on one's mind the opposite of that one would get pursuing meditation? (serious question - meditation is dumb and, as we know, intelligence is nothing more than reversed stupidity)
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In my degree it was an “easy” class with very little math and 80% just familiarization/memorization with various materials, alloys, etc. It was like geography almost. It wasn’t till much later that I appreciated it.


