# Why I will never go into science **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922 "2012-03-27T03:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/21 "2012-03-27T04:54:09Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I thought everyone knew the difference between a square and a cube, but there you go. That’s some of that evil science talking! I don’t believe stuff like geometry. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/22 "2012-03-27T05:06:57Z")
> [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](#): > > The problem with science is that it’s full of centuries-worth of beauracrucy, red-tape, ego, tradition, pomp, busywork, constraint, heirarchies, power struggles, ethical debates, and the like. From your user name, I can’t help but wonder if you’re just saying this because you’re upset about the science showing cigarettes cause lung cancer or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/23 "2012-03-27T05:32:24Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I thought everyone knew the difference between a square and a cube, but there you go. Or between marched and fought. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/24 "2012-03-27T07:20:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Fucking alchemists. Fucking magnets, how do [del]they work[/del] I turn them into gold? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/25 "2012-03-27T07:25:10Z")
He has a point, high level science is marred by an overabundance of internal politics. So… pretty much no different from any other industry. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/26 "2012-03-27T07:57:55Z")
Also, it’s hard. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/27 "2012-03-27T08:23:30Z")
Only if you’re a girl. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/28 "2012-03-27T08:29:59Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > The Roman army marched in cubes? Resistance is futile! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/29 "2012-03-27T09:12:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Resistance is futile! Never realized the connection between Romans and the Borg. It should’ve been obvious, in retrospect. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/30 "2012-03-27T10:03:42Z")
> [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](#): > > \ **bureaucracy, red-tape, ego** , tradition, pomp, busywork, **constraint, hierarchies, power struggles** , ethical debates, and the like. Just out of curiosity, is there a job that doesn’t involve at least a few of the above? Anywhere? Especially the ones I highlighted? Brings to mind a line from _That 70s Show_ spoken by that sage, Red Foreman: “That’s why they call it work. If it wasn’t hard, they’d call it Happy Fun Time!” I can’t guarantee the exact wording, but that was the gist of it… ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/31 "2012-03-27T10:10:32Z")
C’mon, don’t keep us guessing! Since you won’t deign to “go into” science, what field have you chosen? Lemme guess… Art? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/32 "2012-03-27T10:18:52Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Science does move forward, at a rapid pace. If anything people usually get pissed off at it moving too fast. Give me some examples where science has hunkered down and stayed put for generations. How does one say _las ciencias adelantan que es una barbaridad_ in English? Would “science moves so fast it’s barbaric” work? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/33 "2012-03-27T10:42:43Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Science does move forward, at a rapid pace. If anything people usually get pissed off at it moving too fast. Give me some examples where science has hunkered down and stayed put for generations. I’m pretty sure science was rather stagnant in the Cretaceous era. Stupid velociraptors decided they didn’t much like it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/34 "2012-03-27T11:11:08Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > The Roman army marched in cubes? The Roman Army Display Team did. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/35 "2012-03-27T11:56:39Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Just out of curiosity, is there a job that doesn’t involve at least a few of the above? Anywhere? Especially the ones I highlighted? > > … Pirate! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/36 "2012-03-27T12:00:48Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > The Roman army marched in cubes? If you squint [it’s kind of cube-ish](http://www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday/wallendas.jpg). But in fact it’s a pyramid scheme. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/37 "2012-03-27T12:02:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you squint [it’s kind of cube-ish](http://www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday/wallendas.jpg). But in fact it’s a pyramid scheme. I thought that was the Egyptians. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/38 "2012-03-27T12:04:08Z")
Since you don’t go into science, I am glad to see that our paths will never cross. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/39 "2012-03-27T12:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=Three Packs a Day;14905513 If you go into science it’s like being in the Roman army; you will be forced to march along as one part of a cube, [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Three Packs a Day] From Wikipedia: Whatever the deployment, the Roman army was marked both by flexibility and strong discipline and cohesion. [/QUOTE] So which is it: science is like a cube that marches along without any flexibility, or science is like an army that is very flexible, with the ability to adapt quickly to the particular situation? ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922/40 "2012-03-27T12:31:41Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > The Roman Army Display Team did. Ooooh, did they have ribbons or batons or something? > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > So which is it: science is like a cube that marches along without any flexibility, or science is like an army that is very flexible, with the ability to adapt quickly to the particular situation? Shhhh! Stop being so logical! You’re ruining everything! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-will-never-go-into-science/616922.md?page=3)