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hadj11 t1_j9jonrz wrote

I am no rocket scientist but have a masters in engineering. I was pretty poor at math coming out of high school. Highest level math class I took in high school was trig. First math class in college was Calc 1. I struggled a lot for the first 2-3 semesters. First exam in calc 3 I got a 23%. That was when I realized I need to get serious. Started studying a lot more, and by the end of calc 3 I was acing the exams.

So while I haven’t gotten to the high level math you may need to work in Astrophysics, the point is that it wasn’t I couldn’t do it, but I just wasn’t prepared to put the work in to do it. You can do it, it’s gonna be a ton of work and suck for a while. But if you really want it, I believe you can do it.

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ChrisARippel t1_j9jnfjx wrote

Horror movies never scare me because, for some reason, I always am aware the action is occurring on a screen, not in my personal space.

In am awed by the power of supernovae and supermassive black holes, but I am aware of the vastness of space and time which keeps these objects away from Earth. The vastness of space is our ally against these destructive objects. To me, there are no scary objects in space.

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