> Woah woah woah. You trying to start a theory/experiment fight? Hahaha no. I'm an observational astronomer - Everyone hates us! I definitely fall on the exper

> Woah woah woah. You trying to start a theory/experiment fight? Hahaha no. I'm an observational astronomer - Everyone hates us! I definitely fall on the experiment side of the argument. > Nobel prize distribution (as of 2014). Theory: 30.75 prizes (28.7%) Experiment: 76.25 prizes (71.3%) I didn't know that, that's pretty neat. Although I was talking more about how the perception is in the general science community (starting from high school onwards). Again, I can't say how true it is outside of where I live, because I haven't travelled much. But it definitely is true here from my experience.