I don't get why everyone hates the science behind the science so much.

For example, a large majority of my friends find the Curiosity landing to be amazing, yet a large majority of the aforementioned large majority seem to dislike studying the physics (among other things) that went into actually designing the bloody thing. And that puzzles me. I mean, sure, the actual landing was pretty cool, but imagine all the meticulous calculations and physics that went into actually making sure the curiosity didn't land on it's head. That's beyond cool. That's awesome. And not the whole "Dude, that's awesome!" kind of awesome but the panty dropping, gut kicking, facist dictator destroying kind of awesome.

Before I go further, let me just clarify one thing.

My friends love science. And by science, I mean all the cool things that come out of it (and not all the sciency science bits). These cool things include, but aren't restricted to: black holes, space ships, stars and wow that's all space stuff. Yet, they hate the actual part where they actually learn. For example, mole calculations or force calculations ( I know beofre I said I found forces boring, but I never said I didn't like learning them). They just find the whole thing stupid. I mean, someone said they found the chapter on the theory behind electricity "stupid." And he wanted to be an electrician!

Now, onto why I think they're missing out on a whole lot.

To really understand what I mean, pretend the feat of engineering that occurred was a movie. There are two ways you can enjoy the movie. You can just ignore and have brain farts during the more artsy bits and just enjoy the action scenes (a legitimate way to enjoy something). Or you can consider the deeper meanings behind the movie, and truly grasp what the movie was trying to show you. Similarly, you can just watch the engineering or, to really enjoy the engineering, you can use your knowledge to understand the work that had to be done to do what they did. And be blown away by how amazing it was to do what they did.

I mean, imagine someone had no idea about anything, except he knew that we flew to the moon (Apparently, there are people who know less than this and live in civilized society). That person might not think much of the Mars landing, saying how it's not different from landing on the moon. The person isn't blown away like we are, because he doesn't know the facts. That's pretty much us but dilate that disappointment by a factor of 10^(-x), x>1

What I'm saying is not to hate the stuff we learn in school (even if it's boring as hell) because once you apply it to something that's awesome, it just makes the awesome, awesome^2.

P.S: That's how I got to love learning forces.