My PhD was in a sister field to the one these researchers are in (we split when they built terrestrial particle accelerators, while we kept looking at the natur

My PhD was in a sister field to the one these researchers are in (we split when they built terrestrial particle accelerators, while we kept looking at the natural ones in the sky). This is tongue in cheek stuff. The way one might speak to a colleague to give them a 'hard time' about their research. No offense intended!