I'm a physics PhD... so it's a bit of self-deprecating humor. As a wise man once said, the 10 scariest words for a social scientist are, "I'm from the Physics d

I'm a physics PhD... so it's a bit of self-deprecating humor. As a wise man once said, the 10 scariest words for a social scientist are, "I'm from the Physics department, and I'm here to help". On a slightly more serious note, Physicists (and I've certainly been guilty of this as well) aren't always humble enough to learn why a specific field does things the way they do before immediately trying to impose their own approach (Ising models all the way down!)