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That may be true but i got A's in biology, did poorly in chemistry, took me a long time to get it. Never took physics, I would have flunked.



Probably a matter of interest.
Biology is interesting, while chemistry is about as boring as one can get.
I find physics fascinating and more interesting then biology because physics is sort of fixed, while biology changes with evolution.
What is right for a herbivor could be wrong for a carnivor.
Physics does not change.
Biology not only can change, but can be relative.
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Yes, biology is interesting but I didn't find chemistry boring because biological life on this planet is based on chemistry. We are chemical beings. Understanding chemistry is largely a way to understand life and the rest of the world.

Physics is also interesting but not more interesting than neurobiology. Mathematics is interesting because of its abstract nature and the ways in which it can support the physical sciences.
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Chemistry isn't boring, it is challenging. First college semester I got a B, Organic Chem., 2nd I had to retake. Thank God it wasn't required to take any more. When I was nursing what I found, I loved the study of blood chemistry. I love anything to with anatomy and physiology and did well in school in that subject. Same with basic math, I excelled, I can do all kinds of figures in my head but anything abstract, I'm the pits. I think the left side of my brain is missing a link in logic.
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Yes, biology is interesting but I didn't find chemistry boring because biological life on this planet is based on chemistry. We are chemical beings. Understanding chemistry is largely a way to understand life and the rest of the world.

Physics is also interesting but not more interesting than neurobiology. Mathematics is interesting because of its abstract nature and the ways in which it can support the physical sciences.




Well you have a good point in that organic chemistry can get pretty complex and interesting. But I did not study it enough to know it well.

I like physics because I can visualize it.
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Chemistry isn't boring, it is challenging. First college semester I got a B, Organic Chem., 2nd I had to retake. Thank God it wasn't required to take any more. When I was nursing what I found, I loved the study of blood chemistry. I love anything to with anatomy and physiology and did well in school in that subject. Same with basic math, I excelled, I can do all kinds of figures in my head but anything abstract, I'm the pits. I think the left side of my brain is missing a link in logic.



Visualization is the key to what is interesting I think.
Since I can visualize physics, that is why I had trouble with calculus until I had enough physics to give it a real world meaning.
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Maybe I should have tried physics, visualization was my key to understanding certain subjects or I did poorly.
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