Cosmic Variance

When I worked for an electron microscope maker I used to listen to discussions like that all the time. The odd thing about physicists is that many believe they are much better capable at solving problems in other fields than those working in those fields. I would hear about how dim Material Scientists were, how Economics would be massively more simple if it weren’t for economists (which actually makes sense, but not in the way they intended it), and how Mathematicians would give awards for work Physicists would later prove irrelavent. I don’t even want to get into what they would say about computer scientists (still hurts). I was so depressed by the end of the whole thing I was extatic to work in software again. Now I miss the lunch conversations quite a bit (lunch conversations in the software industry are far too work and money oriented) so hopefully cosmic variance can fill the void a bit. Seems good so far! Thanks for the link.

Thanks!…seriously. I can’t get slashdot to post bits that contain actual physics knowledge and require educated physicists for intelligent comment.

I hate to keep paddling the thread in this direction, but there are some new dishes out there in the neighborhood of Barcelona:

To start there is “pistachio truffle cooled in liquid nitrogen” or “air of carrot,” a beautifully presented dish of frothy carrot foam.

In a number of endeavors it’s difficult to separate discovery from invention. Just thinking about it gives me a hadron.

Sure, one might get the impression that theoretical physics is all about solving equations over meals at four-star restaurants and discussing signatures of extra spatial dimensions during tours of Napa vinyards. But keep in mind, there are also the constant travel to exotic locations and the endless pestering by paparazzi. We suffer for those exorbitant salaries we get, I assure you.