If there's one axiom about the internet, it's that if a thing exists, you'd better believe there's a subreddit that has at least a few dozen funny memes about it.
Even if you're interested in subjects that pop culture often overlooks, like physics or chemistry, you are bound to find them.
Just look at 'Science Memes.' While this online community with 207,000 members isn't the biggest on the platform, it provides a much-needed supply of jokes for the geeks inside of us.
From the rivalry between Tesla and Edison to poking fun at movie tropes, these folks have it all. Continue scrolling to check out their funniest stuff, and fire up Bored Panda's older article on the subreddit if you want more science memes.
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The push for STEM initiatives — coding workshops for elementary school children, or extended-day science experiments for middle school students — reigns at the forefront of the education conversation we're having today. But one might question why bother with such difficult subjects in the first place.
As STEM enthusiasm percolates, the teaching of science — its importance, its challenges — isn't always part of the conversation. So let's take a look at the conversation Usable Knowledge had with two Harvard faculty members, one an experienced high school teacher and the other a philosopher of science, whose thoughts may help to reframe and revitalize the mission of science education.
(Spoiler alert, both of them argue that science should be much more than the rote memorization of theories, formulas, and vocabulary. It should be an education in problem-solving and collaboration.)
You would want to come meet me, because I'm an engineer, and you should trust me.
The polar opposite of this is the politician, slickly making their point but making no sense..
ya I have to do this at school cause kids bully me for being smart so I pretend to be dumb, but then I get bellied for that as well.
Aw sweetie i wish i could give you a hug. Don't ever pretend to be dumb, or anything that you are not. Remember it might not seem like it now, but those school years are not forever and you forget them very quickly once you're out of them. Be smart, those bullies might just be working for you one day, and that's when you get your sweet karma.
Load More Replies...Me and my aphasia. 😢 trying to describe words that wont come out, words like 'silouette'. "During my afternoon walk these pretty little flowers did this amazing thing on the sidewalk. You know, the thing where its not a reflection. But you see one side of its shape. And its like, dark and the same pattern as the flowers. Ah hell, nevermind!" But it happens in every paragraph thruout the day! I sound like a moron on some days.
I do that all the time. Really frustrating mid sentence. Or when the timing is perfect for a really clever punchline, but the moment passes before i remember the key word.
Load More Replies...Except that you are stupid, you're too busy paying attention to something else.
Trump. Sounds dumb as a brick, but vastly increased his inherited wealth thru clever manipulation of the US Bankruptcy system, and become leader of the so-called free world
Ps. Engineers rock! Regular conversation is painful. Get one started on field of interest and they just light up
Load More Replies...Mabey I'll just start with the Punch line. I like to think I add everything in the back story, as in " I told you that story to tell you This story" for context, they think I'm long winded, but I'm trying to give them the whole story so they will say " Wow!" Or laugh, or just really understand it. Some people dont know by asking a question, they accidental clicked on a 30 min video, when they only have the attention span for a 30 second one. Those people don't care, and are just waiting for you to get to the point. Maybe I'll just start with the Punch line....
Having had to fix their screw ups got years, my opinion of engineers is low
It's way easier for bright people to be seen as stupid than for stupid people to look bright !
I wouldnt call myself very intelligent but I struggle articulating thoughts both verbally and textually. Wait. Am I just stupid?!
Yeah talk to us engineers, because we look very stupid after we tell you that you should have stopped talking after you said: " I don't know ".
many of the teachers at the engineering universities unfortunately have this trait.
I think my problem is my brain doesn't think in words. It thinks in pictures, sounds, and spiderwebs of connections. Like I pluck a string in one place and can "see" all the ways it's connected, but how on earth am I supposed to convey that in words?
Load More Replies...I have a question based on a theory of mine. Do you guys just make stuff as difficult as possible to validate your student debt?
HGSE Lecturer Victor Pereira, who taught high school science for more than a decade before becoming the master teacher in residence (science) in the new Harvard Teacher Fellows Program, knows the challenges firsthand.
He says classes can vary hugely in terms of students' prior knowledge, experiences, and interest in the subject. By the time they reach high school, many students are already wary of science, thinking the material is boring and useless, or that they themselves are too dumb to learn it. And building an understanding of science depends on acquiring a new and complicated vocabulary, which can be odious to teach and to learn.
Tackling these obstacles, educators should help their students approach science as more than an academic subject. "The nature of science itself is: make observations of the natural world, try and identify patterns, ask questions, find answers, ask more questions," Pereira says. "It's solving. It's a way of thinking." He argues that educators should portray science as acquiring skills, rather than memorizing facts. If the classroom focuses on the scientific process of discovery, more students will be engaged in the subject matter.
HGSE Professor Catherine Elgin, who has devoted her career to the philosophy of science, has theorized that learning science includes the pursuit of another attribute: morality.
Scientific inquiry, according to Elgin, requires collaboration. Any project, in fields ranging from astrophysics to microbiology, requires a team of scientists working together to garner results. This collaboration requires trust. In order to be confident in their findings, scientists need to be able to trust both their teams and the researchers whose work they have studied.
Scientists have to be trustworthy if they want to uncover new knowledge and advance their fields. They do, after all, want their findings to contribute to the discovery of truth — an underlying goal of any scientific inquiry. Furthermore, scientists know that the public depends on them to publish accurate research that will lead to necessary advances in health and technology. To meet these expectations, findings must be honestly and meticulously recorded. Because this trustworthiness is a moral attribute, Elgin highlights, scientific inquiry is a moral activity.
But how does this connect to science education?
Elgin says that the process of learning science reinforces these attributes. Chemistry majors cannot become chemists — and high schoolers cannot pass their chemistry labs — if, as students, they do not work together, double–check their assignments, and remain honest in their reports.
"Science does not happen on an island or in isolation," Pereira adds. It's actually the science teacher's responsibility to make sure that students understand the importance of collaborating, along with staying organized and paying attention to detail.
There's an exoplanet named Wasp-12b. And it's shaped like an egg due to being so close to it's star the layers of gas are being torn apart, and stretched due to the immense gravity.
These interrelated characteristics of science education — the process of discovery and the collaboration on trustworthy results — are not mutually exclusive. Pereira thinks that science teachers should encourage their students to look at scientific advancements through an ethical lens, looking for patterns and asking questions about scientific developments. Science teachers should help students think critically about current technologies made possible by science, and reflect on whether future technologies will be morally acceptable.
Lmao I get this! I'm so.. proud.. of myself for understanding so many of these. Saying I'm proud of myself is weird for me but this next statement is even weirder... Maybe I'm not as stupid as I think.. maybe I've been underestimating myself
The good thing is that in many countries more young people are taking STEM subjects at university than ever before. For example, according to UCAS, since 2011, acceptances into computer science courses in the UK have risen by almost 50% and acceptances to engineering courses are up 21%.
Not to mention the 400% increase in acceptances for students wishing to go on to study artificial intelligence.
Just think of all the good memes they will produce!
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Well, Antivaxers spread preventable viruses to immune comprimised people, thus endagering people so the antivaxerrs dont have to wear a piece of cloth. Its fine to hate people who put others in danger for no good reaxon.
Load More Replies...Well, Antivaxers spread preventable viruses to immune comprimised people, thus endagering people so the antivaxerrs dont have to wear a piece of cloth. Its fine to hate people who put others in danger for no good reaxon.
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