Plini wrote:

Why are there so many mathematic people here in FG or in internet in general?

I want to avoid putting everyone under the same umbrella. But i always found it weird how i met so many people in internet going for works related to mathematics (i.e engineering most of the time, IT) or something like graphic design.

Everytime i ask about it i get answers like: 'i like computers' or 'i like videogames' but i don't think it's a good reason for devoting your entire life to it, also it doesn't make sense diving into a world full of mathematics just because 'you like games'. I've been playing videogames my entire life and i absolutely love them, but i really don't want to make it my 'lifestyle' (i study Obstetrics and Childcare btw).

Am i wrong? What do you guys think?

Westonini wrote:

Yea there's definitely a lot of people in OT and FG who are interested in the engineering department. I'm currently going for a Comp. Sci degree myself. And yes, I like computers and video games, but I'm also not stupid enough to get into it quickly without first thinking deeply about my future and my goals. I'm just aiming for a job that'll ultimately make me happy, and doing something computer-related is just something that I feel can satisfy that. At the moment there are not a lot of things that I can enjoy, but I can spend hours upon hours (generally the entire day) playing or creating video games and still have a desire for more. It just seems obvious where to go from here for me.

samX500 wrote:

I feel as though most person who likes mathematic/science are also people who ahve difficulties with social relationship, and the opposite is also true, people who can easily maintain social relationship tend to not be as good at mathematic/science.

People who can easily maintain social relationship are far less likey to commit a lot of time to the internet community because they already have other people to talk to so they don't need to use forums to express themselves. Those who do commit a lot of time into the internet community are those who don't really have people to talk to, so they go on the internet and meet people on forums to be able to express themselves.

Of course what I am saying is only based on my perception of the world and is jsut a rule of thumbs of mine. I would think of logic (aka math/science) and communication (communication isn't the actual concept I want to refer to, I just don't know what that concept actually is) as two opposite side of a spectrum, no one can master both at the same time, depending on how close you are to the center of the spectrum, you are better at doing both logic and communication and you will always tend to be more at ease on one of those activity.