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True but you’d hate to be the physicist that spent their career going down the wrong path only to see tomorrows physicists discover the big breakthroughs and th
by nemo44x 4y ago
True but you’d hate to be the physicist that spent their career going down the wrong path only to see tomorrows physicists discover the big breakthroughs and the realization that your contribution will be sent to the dustbin of history.
- denton-scratch 4y agoYah. Well, for most of us, the prospect of making a significant contribution to the sum of human knowledge is a faint prospect. They say all political careers end in failure. Very few politicians die in the saddle, or simply retire. Most of them are destroyed. My guess is that most careers in science research end similarly; lots of career-length research projects fail to achieve their goals, and very few scientists get Nobels for world-changing discoveries.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> for most of us, the prospect of making a significant contribution to the sum of human knowledge is a faint prospect Physicists are bright people with other options. They forewent those other options to have an increased chance at contributing to human understanding. I can empathize with the greater tragedy of their failure than that of e.g. a millionaire adtech founder.