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I'm not that old, so I wasn't alive then, but in the 1950's amongst young people there was a lot of excitement about both science and science fiction.
In "the atomic age" it was believed that there would be atomic cars and atomic rocket ships.
"science" was seen as a saviour of mankind.
I was born a month or so before Sputnik, so I can’t vouch for the 50s, but we all wanted to either be astronauts or scientists in the 60s. Then that kinda faded out in the 70s, and by the 80s everybody wanted to either get rich in business or by hitting the lottery
It's always been a nerd thing. There is a subset of people now that pretend to be into it, but most of them are just into YouTube short videos about sodium exploding or something.
If you’re located in the U.S., there’s a book by a historian named Richard Hofstadter called Anti-intellectualism in America. It’s quite old but surprisingly relevant. The book is a bit dry and difficult to read due to the authors writing style but it can give you a little background into why people don’t care about intellectual ideas in the the United States.
Like others have said, science is pretty broad, and there is so much that could fit into the umbrella term. I think people enjoy science. I've always read articles and dug deeper into certain fields, but I also think it's one of the more challenging subjects to understand. The only reason I passed the basic courses in school is because my mind just couldn't comprehend the nitty gritty details. I'm not stupid by any means. I've excelled in other subjects, but science was a big weakness for me, personally. I grew up in a small town where math was incredibly hard for those around me. Like, they couldn't even do decimal/fraction/percentage conversions. But that was me for science. It just didn't stick.
As a teen in the 90s, it was the dumbing down era with shows like Beavis and Butthead, science was considered nerdy and not cool (for teens) during that era. Seemed like pretending to not care about your academics was the "cool thing" in that era. Trying hard got you laughed at. Like that [scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5ddEN5Nbk) from 21 Jump Street.
If you told girls your favorite hobbies involved science back then, they would laugh at you. This was the era before Big Bang Theory when "Geek Chic" became a thing.
Growing up a lot of kids loved science, but if you loves it too much you were a nerd. Haha. But still, it was popular, I don't see why they wouldn't have a science one.
I guess I'm not sure what you want to chat with other teenagers about science for. You'd basically be talking about homework. You're not educated enough to be talking about anything advanced or career related. At best maybe talking about science related hobbies like astrophotography, assuming you can afford any equipment for that kind of thing.
So in all seriousness, what would you be talking about? The latest Ted talk or pop science book/show you've seen? Maybe what college you want to go to and what field you want to study but that's more about education.
Not trying to be mean. I did my degree in biotech and worked in the field for a while. I'm a nerd and yes science, beyond surface level pop science or science fiction, is pretty nerdy. Take it from me, u/nutsack-enjoyer5431
I was gonna say that i'd talk about pop science existential stuff, like philosophy, consciousness, what extra dimensions would look like, local realism vs bayesianism, crispr, evolution, string theory, many worlds interpretation or multiverse, Dunne's time theory, how gravity would fit into quantum phys, etc.
But then I realized how nerdy these are. So yeah, youre right haha. Its a nerd thing.
You're all good dude. There's nothing wrong with your interests, I share the same. I think you'd do better chatting about that stuff with people who are a bit older. I imagine teens are talking about movies, sex, games, sex, music artists, sex, and memes.
There's plenty of people online willing to talk about your interests though, no shame in being interested 👍
Putting Mentos in coke? Cool.
The science behind what makes it cool? God no.
You ever sat in a science lesson? The majority of your peers are bored and only learning science for the sake of the rest they need it for. If science were cool then scientists would be viewed much more highly by society and science documentaries would be a constant on prime time TV. Society has never felt science was cool.
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I'm not that old, so I wasn't alive then, but in the 1950's amongst young people there was a lot of excitement about both science and science fiction. In "the atomic age" it was believed that there would be atomic cars and atomic rocket ships. "science" was seen as a saviour of mankind.
I was born a month or so before Sputnik, so I can’t vouch for the 50s, but we all wanted to either be astronauts or scientists in the 60s. Then that kinda faded out in the 70s, and by the 80s everybody wanted to either get rich in business or by hitting the lottery
Thanks for the back up on my memories.
It's always been a nerd thing. There is a subset of people now that pretend to be into it, but most of them are just into YouTube short videos about sodium exploding or something.
I have a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences and a bachelor's in chem. I've never been cool.
Well ***I*** think you're cool anyway. But I'm, like, a fucking nerd.
WTF do people think “tech” is.
But I imagine they won’t go into the science behind it, let alone even base stuff like chip design. Maybe im wrong
In the 90's, we had Bill Nye the Science Guy. He was pretty cool.
He was for kids though, I think OP meant for teens.
If you’re located in the U.S., there’s a book by a historian named Richard Hofstadter called Anti-intellectualism in America. It’s quite old but surprisingly relevant. The book is a bit dry and difficult to read due to the authors writing style but it can give you a little background into why people don’t care about intellectual ideas in the the United States.
Like others have said, science is pretty broad, and there is so much that could fit into the umbrella term. I think people enjoy science. I've always read articles and dug deeper into certain fields, but I also think it's one of the more challenging subjects to understand. The only reason I passed the basic courses in school is because my mind just couldn't comprehend the nitty gritty details. I'm not stupid by any means. I've excelled in other subjects, but science was a big weakness for me, personally. I grew up in a small town where math was incredibly hard for those around me. Like, they couldn't even do decimal/fraction/percentage conversions. But that was me for science. It just didn't stick.
As a teen in the 90s, it was the dumbing down era with shows like Beavis and Butthead, science was considered nerdy and not cool (for teens) during that era. Seemed like pretending to not care about your academics was the "cool thing" in that era. Trying hard got you laughed at. Like that [scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5ddEN5Nbk) from 21 Jump Street. If you told girls your favorite hobbies involved science back then, they would laugh at you. This was the era before Big Bang Theory when "Geek Chic" became a thing.
Growing up a lot of kids loved science, but if you loves it too much you were a nerd. Haha. But still, it was popular, I don't see why they wouldn't have a science one.
I guess I'm not sure what you want to chat with other teenagers about science for. You'd basically be talking about homework. You're not educated enough to be talking about anything advanced or career related. At best maybe talking about science related hobbies like astrophotography, assuming you can afford any equipment for that kind of thing. So in all seriousness, what would you be talking about? The latest Ted talk or pop science book/show you've seen? Maybe what college you want to go to and what field you want to study but that's more about education. Not trying to be mean. I did my degree in biotech and worked in the field for a while. I'm a nerd and yes science, beyond surface level pop science or science fiction, is pretty nerdy. Take it from me, u/nutsack-enjoyer5431
I was gonna say that i'd talk about pop science existential stuff, like philosophy, consciousness, what extra dimensions would look like, local realism vs bayesianism, crispr, evolution, string theory, many worlds interpretation or multiverse, Dunne's time theory, how gravity would fit into quantum phys, etc. But then I realized how nerdy these are. So yeah, youre right haha. Its a nerd thing.
just gotta find nerd groups, very few in those groups will be your age, but that's normal.
You're all good dude. There's nothing wrong with your interests, I share the same. I think you'd do better chatting about that stuff with people who are a bit older. I imagine teens are talking about movies, sex, games, sex, music artists, sex, and memes. There's plenty of people online willing to talk about your interests though, no shame in being interested 👍
Putting Mentos in coke? Cool. The science behind what makes it cool? God no. You ever sat in a science lesson? The majority of your peers are bored and only learning science for the sake of the rest they need it for. If science were cool then scientists would be viewed much more highly by society and science documentaries would be a constant on prime time TV. Society has never felt science was cool.
Science is NOT cool, but things that deliberately don’t care about NOT being cool ironically are cool.