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Zandorian
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Ok, most of you will say enjoy automaticly, but the thing is I am not sure what I will enjoy in the long run. Computer game designer or Physicist. That is what I am have been thinking about for sometime now.
I really think being a computer game designer would be enjoyable. I am a long time gamer, and I think making games would be just as fun. However, making computer games, when looked at from a cosmic perspective, is not important at all. If I do this I will not be remembered (even if I make popular games, the people who would remember me would be very small, and the time period that people would know my name would be very short). I just don't see myself doing something that doesn't really help the human species in the long term. The thing I don't like about the idea of being a game designer would be getting stuck in that field and not being able to make the switch to Physics if I wanted to, and the fact that I would have a voice in my head all the time saying "You're going to die an unknown nobody who contributed nothing to humanity"
As for being a physicist, this would be awesome. I don't know how enjoyable, but defenitely awesome. To know how the world around me works (and according to some people in this forum, getting a Ph.D in physics by self-education isn't feasible) would give me a, well, I am sure you guys know what I am talking about. A "cosmic" religious feeling would be the phrase. Ofcourse, my opinions would have more weight with the Ph.D in front of it. Also, the ability to have the kind of books I would like to publish taken seriously would be much better than with being a game designer. The worst thing about becomming a physicist would be the time, money, and effort involed in getting a ph.d, and the fact that i want a good job now.
ok, that's it. Anyone have any suggestions? I know I have said something like this b4. But I have given u guys a lil more info here.
I really think being a computer game designer would be enjoyable. I am a long time gamer, and I think making games would be just as fun. However, making computer games, when looked at from a cosmic perspective, is not important at all. If I do this I will not be remembered (even if I make popular games, the people who would remember me would be very small, and the time period that people would know my name would be very short). I just don't see myself doing something that doesn't really help the human species in the long term. The thing I don't like about the idea of being a game designer would be getting stuck in that field and not being able to make the switch to Physics if I wanted to, and the fact that I would have a voice in my head all the time saying "You're going to die an unknown nobody who contributed nothing to humanity"
As for being a physicist, this would be awesome. I don't know how enjoyable, but defenitely awesome. To know how the world around me works (and according to some people in this forum, getting a Ph.D in physics by self-education isn't feasible) would give me a, well, I am sure you guys know what I am talking about. A "cosmic" religious feeling would be the phrase. Ofcourse, my opinions would have more weight with the Ph.D in front of it. Also, the ability to have the kind of books I would like to publish taken seriously would be much better than with being a game designer. The worst thing about becomming a physicist would be the time, money, and effort involed in getting a ph.d, and the fact that i want a good job now.
ok, that's it. Anyone have any suggestions? I know I have said something like this b4. But I have given u guys a lil more info here.