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"Wow, what a cool bug! I wanna be a scientist who studies stuff like this!"
"Aren't you curious why that bug is that color? Aren't you curious why bugs like that aren't easily seen around here? If they were seen often, how often would that be? Aren't you curious how it survives the winter? Aren't you curious what its close relatives are? You're curious? Well, then let's study spectroscopy, ecology, cell biology, and molecular biology! And start with calculus so you can properly understand those subjects!"
"Wow, pretty gems! Scientists who study the Earth must see these a lot, right?"
"Aren't you curious why those gems are that color? Why aren't they easily seen? Are those beautiful shapes formed naturally, or are they cut? If they form naturally, why do they take that shape? If they are cut, why do we find them beautiful? You're curious? Well, then you need to study general chemistry, physical chemistry, geology, crystallography, and psychology! Of course, calculus is absolutely mandatory again to understand those fields!"
If you really want to do the cool, juicy science you sometimes see in media, it all inevitably leads back to calculus + philosophy.
Of course, there are some freakish weirdos who still feel joy at that stage, and we call them scientists.
"We all wanted to study cool bugs until we realized that the gateway to all cool science is being a calculus-loving freak. The comments confirm that math killed the dream for 99% of us."
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