Why is Neuroscience Such a Popular Major?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a difference between neuroscience and cognitive science at the undergrad level? Or similar to political science and government?... most schools just pick one to name the department.

more psychology vs more biology

Which is more psychology which is more biology?

neuro more bio, CS more psych

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I am seeing very high numbers of bioengineering majors.

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Neuroscience is mostly re-packaging Psychology so that it sounds better.

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Anonymous wrote:remarkable science for those unable or unmotivated to do physics

Even more remarkable for those who are. See: Dylan and Abbott

you mean Dayan and Abbott?

Yes, my bad

I was in the guinea pig class for the book as they were putting it together! Fixed a few errors in it. Anyway, most of the AI companies love computational/theoretical neuroscience types. For all the success of LLMs, brains are still far more efficient.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, kids who are pretentious choose it because they think it makes them sound smart. Even if they have a 900 SAT, and all they take is basic coursework to fill out a neuroscience major at directional state school, the secret hope is that their less educated friends and family will ooh and ahh about their genius at family BBQs for years to come. The "rocket scientists" of the moment.

That's a possibility but may be they are really interested. Why would you assume the worst?

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TDS. Lots of job opps.