as a professor or ta, or anybody involved in academia really, do you like when otherwise dull students get passionate about your subject or do you find it annoying?

I’m a certifiable brain let (sub 115 iq) but I’m big into pop science and Star Trek, I used to sperge out at my physics professor at community college about various physics related topics, I would also say I knew a fair bit more about physics than the average community college attendee but only on a very shallow level, my prof seems to have welcomed my enthusiasm but looking back at it he probably cringed and hated me

>>16694921 (OP)
nah man, most profs are starving for that kind of chit chat. it only gets annoying if you start showing up outside of office hours, or block other students from using the office hours, or start asking them for a job (undergraduate research gig, or take them on as a PhD student; though of course sometimes this works so ymmv)

>>16694921 (OP)
That's the real filter, like being designed to answer questions and explain properly

>>16694921 (OP)
Academics are constantly and eagerly trying to groom the people under their mercy because they want to feel powerful and immortal. Just look at the history of pederasty among the greek scholars.

>>16694921 (OP)
When it's genuine, yes, in the same way that we fucking live for those moments when a student presents a genuinely excellent project or research result or an otherwise middling student in your office hours has that moment where shit finally clicks. Having someone express enthusiasm for a topic makes you feel like at least something you're doing is getting through.

However, it's also very clear when enthusiasm isn't genuine (i.e. they're just trying to butter you up for a grade) and that gets a bit insulting/frustrating.

>>16694921 (OP)
>’m big into pop science and Star Trek
Yes, it's annoying. It takes zero effort to "enjoy" science. Put in the effort to actually understand it.

People who simply regurgitate facts offer no more value than a wikipedia article.

>>16694921 (OP)
>as a professor or ta, or anybody involved in academia really, do you like when otherwise dull students get passionate about your subject or do you find it annoying?
Real experts enjoy talking about their field with others who share their passion. Just keep in mind that science is full of frauds who are in it for prestige, people who end up in Retraction Watch articles.

>>16697259
>It takes zero effort to "enjoy" science.
Sure but that is not passion.
>Put in the effort to actually understand it.
That comes naturally when you are passionate about a field.

>>16694921 (OP)
genuine enthusiasm is always appreciated.

>>16694921 (OP)
Big fan of these LLM/peabrain pastas