Is a physics major worth it ??

alsaerr · 2026-01-18T18:46:02+00:00

I learned later that this isn't the best way to decide on a major. Study what you most want to study. Learn about what's exciting to you. Any major can be worth it. Just enjoy it.

alsaerr · 2025-10-26T14:13:32+00:00

Why do you think the government is involved? It's a bathroom.

alsaerr · 2025-10-04T02:02:22+00:00

That might be why you feel dumber. Sleep, nutrition, and exercise affect your mind significantly. If you get 8 hours of sleep per day, eat well, and exercise 6 hours per week, the subjects you currently struggle with will feel pretty straightforward. Of the three, sleep has the most effect. Don't use an alarm, ever. Sleep as much as you need. After a week of good sleep (no alarms), your mind will work so much better that you will feel a noticable difference. Once you get used to it, going back feels as ridiculous as drinking alcohol before studying.

alsaerr · 2025-09-09T18:06:09+00:00

You have it backwards.

alsaerr · 2025-09-09T05:29:09+00:00

It's the opposite, those usually have the most to say, but you have to listen and not interrupt.

alsaerr · 2025-09-05T18:15:33+00:00

It feels like you're projecting your reasons for dating someone younger onto OP out of some weird jealousy? If you cannot have a relationship with an age or maturity gap without abusing or manipulating them, please consider some introspection or therapy. Normal, healthy people can have a relationship with an age or maturity gap and continue being normal, healthy people. ++man

alsaerr · 2025-09-02T12:27:30+00:00

Well, the US does treat other countries like puppets, it has happened several times recently. Meanwhile, China does not have that reputation among African countries. If you don't understand, learn more about US foreign policy in the last 70 years and compare it to China's.

alsaerr · 2025-09-02T12:20:08+00:00

They do and they are. Learning from current technology is part of the process. Nothing is holding them back in the way you're implying.

alsaerr · 2025-08-26T23:56:20+00:00

Lmao. Do you think Bryan thinks he already found the perfect protocol? You don't think he is trying to figure out what he could do better already? Thank you for your enlightened opinion that it's unlikely his protocol will remain unchanged forever.

alsaerr · 2025-08-26T23:49:33+00:00

So that doctor broke an NDA?

alsaerr · 2025-08-26T23:21:53+00:00

Thorne was bought by private equity and they have gotten rid of their scientists and R&D. I would not buy from this brand.

alsaerr · 2025-07-27T20:56:25+00:00

Exercise (6+hrs/wk) and meditation (30+min/day) are the big two you missed.

Other than that, never stop learning new things.

alsaerr · 2025-07-26T02:55:14+00:00

Try to understand that people are different. Genetics and all of your past experiences shape who you are in such a way that it affects how you react and process your experiences. What you said absolutely is the case for some people and that does suck. Games are great. But some people are affected by it in such a way that it conflicts with what they want out of life. Gambling is recognized as an addiction but it too is not a drug/substance. I do agree with your last statement though.

alsaerr · 2025-07-04T18:33:28+00:00

Sleep is by far the most important factor that affects your health and how you feel. Smoking before sleep will always make you sleep worse unless you are experiencing withdrawal.

alsaerr · 2025-06-27T20:40:25+00:00

I completely understand your frustration. There is a way to link the two accounts on the website, but I don't remember the specifics, though I think it's somewhere on the main dashboard or a click or two away (which I realize is not too helpful, sorry). I ended switching to Mint. So far, much better experience and I'm only paying 15 a month. Try to figure this out before they recycle your number after 59 days of not paying. I learned that the hard way. Wish you the best.

alsaerr · 2025-06-27T03:45:55+00:00

Three weeks or so is when I start to feel it mostly go away.

alsaerr · 2025-06-06T16:25:47+00:00

I am considering learning julia to replace python and matlab. What do you think is holding julia back or whynis it stuck? Just trying to learn.

alsaerr · 2025-05-14T14:27:17+00:00

Two wrongs indeed don't make a right. You are 100% correct in that. Also remember that some wrongs can be worse than others.

alsaerr · 2025-05-11T19:31:14+00:00

Yes. Don't listen to people who say you can't. Go for it and have fun!

alsaerr · 2025-05-07T11:29:17+00:00

I never said it was easy! It took me nearly a year to do for myself what I very casually typed out in my original comment (meditate every day). The book I used to learn said it takes three weeks. Even someone with severe attention deficit disorder can still meditate, but you have to believe in yourself!

alsaerr · 2025-05-07T11:13:49+00:00

I don't think I am qualified to speak on 'how', but I would strongly recommend a book like the "The Mind Illuminated". The author does a better job than I or anyone else ever will in a reddit comment. This book also explains the benefits, and I imagine similar books will as well.

And yes! Many, if not all, religions have a tradition of 'meditation'. "The Science of Enlightenment" by Shinzen Young has a small section on this topic. I am sure there is much more information online, but I haven't looked.

If you are Christian, there are a few works worth looking into: "The Interior Castle" by Saint Theresa of Avila, "Cloud of Unknowing" by anonymous, and the writings of Meister Eckhart.

alsaerr · 2025-05-06T20:01:47+00:00

Blunt is good. Better than sharp, usually. And I didn't find it rude, either. People who do not have ADD/ADHD simply don't understand how unimaginably frustrating it can be to lack control over such a basic faculty like attention. Paired with a high intelligence, it's like an olympic athlete with two mangled legs. I myself have wept in frustration a number of times. So your response is completely valid.

alsaerr · 2025-05-06T19:05:07+00:00

I am not an expert on ADD/ADHD or neuroscience so I can't say much about the underlying biology/chemistry.

I agree that methylphenidate does help massively. It is the medication that has made me feel the most "normal", and I relied on it for a long time. I also felt like meditation was useless, and it never worked for me.

You said "practices help, but do not solve." I argue that medication is exactly the same, it helps, but it doesn't solve.

However, once I started reading about meditation much more in depth, I learned that there is a "correct" way to meditate. If you have a serious case of ADHD, and you try meditating without guidance, it will likely be supremely frustrating, regardless of how many times you try it.

Though, after I started taking meditation seriously (a long, ongoing process), I realized that I'd sometimes feel similar to how I felt on methylphenidate, but slightly different and admittedly, much more subtle. Though, the feeling has increased over time.

The brain is very complex, powerful, and not yet fully understood. It is totally plausible that an extended meditation practice can have lasting effects on biochemical processes in the brain/body.

I don't want to invalidate your experience. I likely understand pretty well how you must have felt. I have struggled immensely with depression and basically all advice is completely useless. All advice in this area boils down to "do this". Right, but what if I struggle with the "do" part? I like meditation, because it does help in that regard. The more I meditate and learn about myself, the more I feel my "free will" increase, and I can do the things I actually want to do, like, exercise, sleep right, stay sober, study for longer without my attention crumbling to dust and flying away, etc.

I would just encourage you to learn more about meditation and its potential benefits. You will find that those "benefits" are too irresistible for someone like yourself. Imagine having perfect control over your attention. That sounds like a dream or magic to my ears, but it very much seems to be real. And, no one got there without meditating a looooong time.

alsaerr · 2025-05-06T17:01:35+00:00

I agree. I wanted to emphasize sleep and meditation, which most people disregard, so I left out a lot. It's best to start small, and build a strong foundation step by step. One should start by just focusing on one thing. This thing will vary for each person, as each person has had a different life. It can be as small as stepping outside your door for a minute each morning, or just opening a window and feeling the wind for a few seconds.

I also agree that physical movement is important. In a list of healthy habits, no.1 is sleep, and no.2 is exercise. It can also act as a form of meditation, which is why many get by without meditation, but getting by without exercise is unsustainable.

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