TheCoolNerdBlog

She/her | 18 Just a girl obsessed with academic validation

[seaphine]

the ability to sit down with another person and talk for hours about anything and everything is more attractive to me than anything else.

[ryan-sometimes]

I love how every century or so the entire field of physics collapses on itself because of a few discoveries that go against everything currently known and then we just kinda have to wait a little while until it gets back on its feet

[ryan-sometimes]

A chemist from the 1910s could pick up a modern chemistry textbook and understand quite a bit of it. They’d have lots of missing gaps but they could probably understand a decent amount. A physicist from the 1910s could pick up a modern physics textbook and not understand jack shit of it

[ryan-sometimes]

A chemist from the 1910s in modern times: Woah! You guys discovered quite a few more elements of the periodic table! Cool!

A physicist from the 1910s in modern times: what the fuck is a particle accelerator

[constant-state-of-self-discovery]

I mean to be fair a particle accelerator seems somewhat self-explanatory so long as you know what particles are

[britcision]

Yeah but the things that happen when you accelerate them continue to surprise

[physics-dirtbag]

I would like to add neutrinos to this list of things people would find mind boggling in ~1910… Pauli, who postulated the neutrino (in 1930) actually said in a letter “I have done a terrible thing, I have postulated a particle that cannot be detected”

[thecoolnerdblog]

People who grew up in cities always be like “ugh we never had any good field trips 😒 they were always somewhere boring like the museum 🙄”

BUDDY let me tell you. As someone who grew up in the middle of nowhere, every trip we went on was at LEAST an hour away. And you know where we went?? You know where they took a bus load of 3rd graders?? Dairy farms. They fucking taught us how to milk cows. In fact, since most if not all of us HAD cows or goats for milk, they first asked if anyone could give a demonstration.

Your field trips were boring?? You looked at statues like Percy Jackson??? We went to farms. ONLY farms. AND WE WORKED 😭😭 we also did go to one museum. Which museum, you ask?? The fucking AGRICULTURE MUSEUM!!!

(These are specifically the field trips I went on with my entire class in elementary. I went on a few good ones in my academic/gifted classes to space centers and stuff)

[couldntbedamned]

If you come across anyone who starts off with "Scientists don't want you to know..." you need to understand that they're lying. They're completely full of shit and working a grift.

Because they've never met or spoke with a scientist.

Scientists WANT YOU TO KNOW. Scientists want you to know SO MUCH. Scientists would be THRILLED to teach you EVERYTHING they know in EXPLICIT DETAIL. Scientists LOVE to share information and their findings and their theories. They don't want to hide anything, ever. They are SO HAPPY to share.

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

Source

[physics-dirtbag]

Might I add:

[thecoolnerdblog]

The most evil, vile girl you know the moment it turns senior year: I LOVE psychology ☺️ all I’ve ever wanted is to help people 🤗 I think I have finally found my calling 💕

[thecoolnerdblog]

When you’re a first generation graduate but it doesn’t count because your sister graduated before you :(

[thecoolnerdblog]

Just need it to be known that my need for academic validation does not stem from arrogance but rather expectation. I don’t get an adrenaline rush when I get a good grade back I think “okay moving on” and go on about my life as if nothing happened.

But the second—the SECOND—I get below and A?? My entire life was meaningless and my existence was just a single insignificant blip within the frame of the universe and everyone I ever know will never remember nor forget me

[kitkatstu-dies]

Day 57/120 (10/30/25)

Met with my advisor for pharmacy school hehe

Tried to catch up with math homework + biochem lab reports

[srnrxn]

I’d love more mutuals studying stem, let’s connect ! 𖠞˚ . ݁ ⌬

My curr. study is chemistry & biology ⌕

[forestedfawn-deactivated2026052]

The studying has been intense. 2 classes almost done , preparing for finals in Communication in healthcare and Medical Laws and Ethics after I finish up my medical terminology for this week :)

Featuring my shitty anatomical drawings

[waitingforsummeragain]

Day 29/91 of productivity!

Today was pretty chill. Was able to do some studying in a cafe today because my lectures started later!

Productivity tasks:

- attended 2h of lectures

- attended 2h neuroanatomy seminar

- did 3h work for neuroanatomy

[jamsandsuch]

11.04.25

met a visiting scholar from arizona today which was very neat. this month is phd app month so we’re hoping all goes well. my goal is to have a bad draft of a statement of intent ready by the end of the week aaaah

🎧 now playing: chloe or sam or sophia or marcus - taylor swift

[how-to-get-away-with-study]

Walking surrounded by these colours almost makes me forget of the neverending pile of assignments that I have to complete 🍁

[thewhimsicalarchives]

you’re right where you need to be.

[apophony]

28/10/2025

i still dont understand this topic but we move on. had my last genling tute of the term this morning it went well (my tutors really nice!! even though my essay was late :) we're moving onto morphology next week which is very exciting. i have some phonology work for tomorrow but its quite short so i can get it done quickly i think

as for psychology, i'm hoping to do some reading for my essay next week today. its on child language acquisition which is one of my biggest areas of interest so im eager to get started. unfortunately i have a lot i want to do today (function tonight) so i might not get much done

[metastablephysicist]

yeah okay let's put all our leftover solvent and acid and water into this one beaker. what could go wrong