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Trappi$t said:
I think anyone who computer games after about the age of 19 needs mental help.

I've never understood it being slightly older, a pure waste of time when you could be learning new skills, new languages etc. It is the ultimate modern day two fingers to bettering oneself.
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now you need to show your workings - what great endeavours have have you accomplished with your non-gaming time?
 
Trappi$t said:
Taught myself calculus, particle physics, German and a few other things.
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But plenty of people learn calculus and at least some German and particle physics in high school/6th form, during the day time on weekdays, with plenty of free time to play video games etc..
 
Ayahuasca said:
Steady on Brian Cox.
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Dont get me wrong, my maths is weak, I cant prove the uncertaintly principle or Einstiens relativity etc in maths, so pretty rubbish, but I have a solid understanding of the standard model etc, and Muons, Muonic Hydrogen, and wave particle duality.... keeps me awake at night, and Id love to switch career to physics/Cosmology.

Things have moved on since my education where none of the modern definitions of the Copenhagen interpretation were taught....sigh.
 
Trappi$t said:
Taught myself calculus, particle physics, German and a few other things.
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Without the degree, PHD and any form of qualifications it is not more useful than self-fulfillment, just like any form of entertainment. It's not like you can get a job with your arm-chair physics skills.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Without the degree, PHD and any form of qualifications it is not more useful than self-fulfillment, just like any form of entertainment. It's not like you can get a job with your arm-chair physics skills.
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Indeed, which is why I am totally undecided what to do! Everyone should try and follow their passions I guess.
 
Trappi$t said:
Then a job in the gaming industry should be a priority, to help entertain those who are unable to do anything more productive.
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Not everyone wants to have a career involving their passion (indeed, not all passions are career-able).

I have a passion for dance music and DJing, but that is a ridiculously difficult thing to make a career out of, so it is my hobby when I am not at work. I also spend my free time gaming and watching tv/films, clearly wasting my life huh? :p
 
Trappi$t said:
Dont get me wrong, my maths is weak, I cant prove the uncertaintly principle or Einstiens relativity etc in maths, so pretty rubbish, but I have a solid understanding of the standard model etc, and Muons, Muonic Hydrogen, and wave particle duality.... keeps me awake at night, and Id love to switch career to physics/Cosmology.
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You've just got to keep on grinding with that tbh... the problem might partly be because you've been self studying, you're going through a process of reading stuff that interests you whereas someone studying physics/applied maths at uni has already perhaps been through two years of a-level maths/further maths where they've tackled a load of problems/exercises repeatedly and then various maths modules in uni too with weekly exercises etc.. so they'll have built up a certain level of mathematical maturity.

You could always undertake a part time maths or physics degree and then look at trying to go for an MSc or PhD course full time.
 
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