100% as a fellow non-HEP (practicing) physicist -- There's so much more to physics. Science, at least from the funding perspective, has always leaned toward wh

100% as a fellow non-HEP (practicing) physicist -- There's so much more to physics. Science, at least from the funding perspective, has always leaned toward what's fashionable -- "nuclear" dominated following WW2, "particle" has had it's moment, and we're moving full force toward "quantum" (& "AI"!) Scientists seeking funding bend themselves in knots to ensure they include all the key words in their grant applications