Comments on Constantly Risking Obscurity: Are You Smarter Than A Freakin' PhD?

"physics is one step higher in abstraction than ch...

2009-06-25T12:28:51.932-04:00

"physics is one step higher in abstraction than chemistry (but still below mathematics :-)"

I assume you've seen this Magiler:
http://xkcd.com/435/

I dont understand all of it - but it seems to me t...

2009-06-18T21:44:43.027-04:00

I dont understand all of it - but it seems to me that the scientists are a little surprised that they are getting better results from a doping level that is less than the "optimal" level, which is presumably a mathematically calculated value.

The squirrel underpants is just practicality with a little bizarre streak - I mean can you imagine trying to house break a squirrel?

As a phd chemist, I can more less understand what ...

2009-06-18T18:53:18.524-04:00

As a phd chemist, I can more less understand what they studied and how but also I don't know anything about this topic - physics is one step higher in abstraction than chemistry (but still below mathematics :-). And strict specialization is a God-Daemon of our times...

Certainly full of jargon and very specific/special...

2009-06-18T17:13:36.380-04:00

Certainly full of jargon and very specific/specialized but that is how science is these days. That one seems a little bad to me as a chemist but I would guess it would provide interesting information to a solid state physicist interested in superconductor properties.