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Thanks for your replies, thoughtful as always. Firstly in respect to careers, I guess your advantage is that medicine is already clearly defined, with as you point out, philosophy acting as (useful) but complimentary knowledge. In my case, a commerce degree is far less defined, and whilst...

Ah k sweet. I guess there is no room for everything anyway.

Also, Kfunk when you say "not rule out god entirely" I'm assuming your definition of "god" here is quite unique. I'm smug enough to assume it ain't Allah or the Christian god? btw, have u critically read George Smiths "The Case Against God" (1979), forwarded a fairly basic +ve case for...

There's a field of evolutionary economics :D

Further, should I just do law? Could you infer that law is an applied philosophy degree that actually pays?? Or is this an over-simplify and cynical statement? (words of a friend)

aye, my presuppositionalism is evident... Having said that, I would not resist to believe in a well defined "god concept" if it satisfied my logic... Really I'm just seeking further knowledge about the universe and don't know where to turn lol I thought Hawkings and Dawkins, but now...

Hmm and as a med student, your understanding of evolutionary bio would also be up there... After reviewing this thread, should philosophy then be the second degree that I should take up? I have considered it, its just that in many ways I think you can read a lot of it yourself. In hindsight...

or I could begin the law degree I'm enrolled in...lol

Ok cheers. Perhaps I should look at a geography major then, I loved geography in highschool. We have two GIS subjects at my uni. A geography major would also prob combine well with economics. The problem is I only have about 90 credits I can add on. Is a science degree without any...

That is a good point. In my experience, the world totally lacks real scientific knowledge. In many ways the majority of the population reveals "religious undertones" if you question them deep enough. That is, if I ask most adults I know who have no surface interest in religion, little science...

Cheers, yea I'm electing bio next session, intro evolution subject anyway. I'll just take it as it comes, interest will lead to itnerest I guess (might take geo as well, although I would be happy with an basic understanding of geo). Yea thats it with physics, unless your a real math person it...

In my elementary understanding, the more I look into science and the nature of things, the further I move away from the possibly of intelligence. Driving home today on the radio they discussed what happens to our stomach after 3 days of no eating- a process of self-destruction, where the body...

Yeah its hard to know whether it is the direct effect of the degree. I guess I could say the same after two years of finance/economics, yet they would be more limited then science. I guess in some perfect world we could both not have to work and take up a BA in philosophy. Now thats when our...

Yeah it is interesting, as your in the correct order. Would you laugh if you asked a science student why they are studying and they said they were passionate through their atheism? I guess for me, I have the same zeal and enquiry that many religious people (mistakenly) have about finding the...

Most ppl find this motivation strange I admit... I get the vibe that a lot of students are studying to get a job or becuase they have some specific interest/research idea to a known problem... Is it common to study purely for the pursuit of knowledge and in some way "spiritual" (which I...

Thanks. I'm just finding that my interests are swaying far beyond my BCom (Finance)...a predominately Christian field (rich american bankers). Do you feel a Bsc puts you on an easy plateau... I was debating a few J Witnesss's the other day...full blown creationists. It wasn't exactly...

Thanks for the advice, But I kinda think being a priest is mutually exclusive with atheism lol. In all seriousness though, I just want to know what degree will bring me closest to the materialist truth about the universe so far... a vanilla Bsc? Electives in quantum physics...

... Would first year geology and biology be suitable?

Hi all, Not much luck in the other thread, I'll be more specific. No geology program I have seen explicitly requires any maths, physics, chem or bio. However, my intuition is that in the case that you wanted to actually work as a geologist wouldn't these be essential? I'm already doing...

Whats wrong with engineering/commerce? If not geology, I was looking at mining eng/environmental to supplement my finance/economics degree... The applied maths looks yum.