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am_Unition  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You never did math in high school

    scientist blackface

I'll be stealing that phrase, thank you very much.

A little jealous that your mother has some scientific literacy, I've got Southern Baptists for parents. What I do professionally is pretty much magic to them.

    I don't know any successful scientists who exhibit any of that behavior. The only ones I've known who have were extremely unsuccessful.

Yep. I disagree with 8-bit somewhat, I think well-roundedness is something we should all strive for. We live in a society hell-bent on developing a specialization, but if at all possible we shouldn't write off our flaws with "Oh, I was just never good with social skills", or whatever.

If you're begging for funding or presenting a thesis whilst staring down at your shoes, things aren't gonna go well.

Edit: I suppose I retain my title of Hubski's only physicist...

Edit 2: Nevermind!





b_b  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fun fact: 40% of team hubski hold PhD's in physics.

teamramonycajal  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So how were the parties at CERN? Smashing?

am_Unition  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hope that's actually true, but I doubt it.

On the other hand, it might explain the simple brilliance of Hubski's functionality...

Edit: IS MY BIAS SHOWING?!?

b_b  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    ...I doubt it.

Why?

am_Unition  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm inferring that 2 people out of 5 have PhD's in physics?

Which 2?

b_b  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not really an answer to the question, is it?

am_Unition  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly, I expected team Hubski to be solely web designers, coders, that sort of thing.

I didn't mean anything by it. :)

thenewgreen  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Guess.

am_Unition  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You and mk?

thenewgreen  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're 50% correct.

am_Unition  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

mk and b_b?

mk  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ding

am_Unition  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Soon I will join you in the ranks of the punished.

user-inactivated  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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am_Unition  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You have called me out explicitly, although for some reason I wasn't notified via Hubski's HTML(?) mechanics.

I concede that I am only a physicist in training!

My professional title is officially "scientist". I work at a non-profit research center, but I am confined to (largely) engineering-focused work, due to the fact that I've only accrued a B.S. in physics. Spent 6 years between two universities, in between switching from engineering to physics, graduated with ~165 credit hours. Single major. I'm unfortunately well edjukated.

Headed to graduate school in the fall of 2015. I'll be 28, and I got 50th percentile on the Physics GRE... not bad for an American who hardly studied!

I can't wait to have my ass handed to me multiple times while I pursue my thesis and work under people worth 10x my reputation.

What I consider truly important is that people I've worked with enjoy my contributions and my company. Anyone can say such a thing, but I smiled smugly while I typed that last sentence.

Truly, I feel like such an elitist pig sometimes... until I look at my bank account and realize that if I was actually intelligent, I would have gone into business.

...Just kidding, fuck money worship and other facades that so many other Americans wrap around their psyches. I only want to contribute towards the knowledge-base of mankind, with my sole incentive being to brag about it on Hubski. :)

user-inactivated  ·  3832 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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teamramonycajal  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

oky, I can't answer for am_Unition, but 'biologist' is a title that is often accepted as early as the beginning of grad school (and is an actual government/industrial job title, as well).

teamramonycajal  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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