Rick Sanchez from Earth Dimension C-137 is without a doubt the greatest scientist in the multiverse. Even though his methods may be questionable at best and he firmly believes that "school isn't a place for smart people," he and the rest of the cast of "Rick and Morty" still have a lot of lessons to offer aspiring college students. So take some astronomy advice from Jerry, some career insights from Beth, or some guidance form Rick with these 11 lessons from "Rick and Morty."
1. Sometimes science is more art than science.
Fudging lab data, guessing the next step in an orgo mechanism, finding a way to remember the right-hand rule... science is filled with guesswork and spontaneous creativity.
2. Bullshit is a delicate, subtle art form.
"What are apples? Apples are food. When do we eat food? When we are hungry." Sounds like the presentation I had to give on nutrition last week.
3. You can't just slap a science-y sounding word onto anything and expect it to mean something.
Every time you try to sound smart when talking to a professor...
4. It's possible to disagree with science.
If Pluto could be a planet once, it can be a planet again.
5. Alcohol is a solution.
Forty-percent ethanol and 60-percent water by volume, to be precise.
6. Science opens you up to a wide variety of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Most people think that going into business with a degree in science means working for some biotech, pharmaceutical or engineering firm, but did you know that with a little hard work you could build your own Pirates of the Pancreas? But don't whitewash it. Make sure the pirates are real rapey.
7. If medical school doesn't work out, you can always become a horse surgeon.
Hey, you can still tell people you're a surgeon.
8. Genetics is a complex field, way more complicated than Punnett Squares let on.
"Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking. Mantises are the opposite of voles? I think DNA is a little more complicated than that, Morty. This should do the trick! Koala mixed with chimpanzee, rattlesnake, cactus, shark, golden retriever and just a smidge of dinosaur."
9. Chemistry has uses in the kitchen.
Titanium nitrate + chlorified tartrate -> oven-less brownies
10. Not all diseases are bad guys.
Hepatitis C is just a good guy, you know? (Fun Fact: Hepatitis C is the most begnine form of Hepatitis, and often carriers can live a normal, symptom-free life. Look at "Rick and Morty" being all informative and stuff.)
11. Sometimes you have to go to extreme lengths to finish an experiment.
But let's hope you never have to shove mega seeds waaaaaaay up your butt.
