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Comment by HPsquared

1 day ago

Conversely, people who study microscopic phenomena might end up with gigantic inflated egos. "Lord of the atoms"

It’s our job. It’s mundane. It’s only cool again when you step back for these kind of publications, or when you go to a conference and you see a bunch of adjacent (and importantly, completed) work. 99% of the time we look at a screen / piece of paper / whiteboard.