Hell, two years ago, I had my hair shaved into a mohawk in order to win 50 bucks. I'm pretty sure I spent that on either Rockstar Energy Drinks or Slim Jims. I'm pretty sure it was both.
Yeah, I'm certain it was both. Damn you, Macho Man Randy Savage. If you weren't dead... You'd probably kick my ass. In or out of the ring. Rest in peace.
Figure A: Ooooooooooh, yeah!
So, after all the melon-farming, futt-bucking hardships, such as gaining 60 pounds in 3 years (Yikes) and nearly getting suspended (Double yikes), I decided that Sociology wasn't exactly the right major for me. Come to think of it, Sociology shouldn't really be a major.
Sociology, and to a greater extent, Social Science, puts the "moronic" in "oxymoronic". As far as I can tell from my GPA and qualifications, I'm not a scientist, but I can guarantee you that absolutely nobody is a social scientist. How am I so sure? Well, little voice in my head, allow me to elaborate!
Figure B: Myself, not a scientist
Figure C: I Googled "Social Science Major"
I'm very lazy, yes, but hey, as far as I know, scientists don't vape.
I'm pretty certain that scientists have confirmed that vaping is like, sooooo 2015!
Science is, and I quote from Wikipedia: (The) "systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe."
Science is very much the act of knowledge of cause and effect. The old story of Isaac Newton discovering gravity by the apple falling from a tree is very much an example of cause and effect. "Why did the apple fall?" is an interesting question. However, "How did the apple fall?" is a much better question.
"Why" asks the question of purpose and reason. "How" however, (Pun not intended. I'm a terrible liar, aren't I?) is very much a question of the way or manner. Yes, there's a difference between why and how.
The manner of reality is the true basis of a true science.
How did the apple fall?
How do we put a man on Mars?
How do we unlock all the secrets of the universe?
All very good scientific questions. You wanna know what's a bad scientific question?
Why did the apple fall?
Because that's what apples tend to do.
Why do we put a man on Mars?
Unfortunately, Earth is filled with too many idiots in order to function properly.
Why do we unlock the secrets of the universe?
I don't know. Ask your Philosophy professor, AKA: What Philosophy majors become after they graduate, thus continuing the cycle of "Why bother?"
Social Science is very much a "Why" ideology. Before I get a tsunami of hate mail from Women's Studies Majors (Because that's pretty much what they do, aside from teach Women's Studies) I will say that the human psyche is a very important thing to understand. Truly, the mind is not something that can be understood easily, and perhaps, with a few experiments, we can all become wiser, not just as a culture, but as a species. There's just one teensy-weensy problem with this equation. In Sociology, all I was taught were theories.
Yeah, centuries of human development, and theories are the best we possess for the human psyche?That... Is so pathetic, it's almost cute.
Imagine if gravity was just a theory.
Imagine if the existence of atoms was just a theory.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah... I was talking about the difference between facts and guesses. To be completely honest with anyone reading this, I was completely blind to this at first. I can't believe I changed my major from Engineering to Sociology. With Engineering, 100 percent of what is produced is based on facts. Sociologists take theories and then write papers on those theories, making guesses, and then the prettiest-looking ones are made into articles to be used as sources for the next generation of papers.
*Morgan Freeman impression*
And thus, the beautiful cycle of "Why Bother?" continues.
Well, that and about a $60,000 difference in yearly wages, at the very minimum.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've changed a whole lot from those days. I've broken free from the cycle, and now I'm pursuing both creative and journalistic writing. Perhaps instead of writing papers on human emotions, I could write fantastic stories about human emotions. As for journalistic writing, I could use it to draw in the good truth from the sources, instead of just making guesses and reporting it. The more that I think about it, to me, being a writer means letting go. As for me, I've let go from my crippling caffeine addiction and feeling sorry for myself. From those emotions, I can bring out something truly special. At least, that's my guess. But hey, am I here to make guesses, or should I just use this writing blog to write?
Now all I can think about is what I could buy with $60,000. Maybe I could buy an entire mountain of Slim Jims with that kind of money!
Figure D: Macho Man Randy Savage, Majored in the Science of Elbow-Dropping. Scientist.
