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I remember a quantum information theorist went to become a hard labourer in construction because he thought "physical labour is food for the soul"
by passion__desire 2y ago
I remember a quantum information theorist went to become a hard labourer in construction because he thought "physical labour is food for the soul"
- monster_group 2y agoAnd I want to become a quantum theorist. I think being able to manipulate symbols on paper and explain the universe is food for the soul. Grass always seems greener on the other side. :-)
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> And I want to become a quantum theorist. I think being able to manipulate symbols on paper and explain the universe is food for the soul. Grass always seems greener on the other side. :-) I don't think this is a case of "grass always seems greener on the other side", but of getting a job as a quantum theorist. It is hard to find (and keep for a long time) a job in your area of academia. :-(
- napierzaza 2y ago[dead]
- pixl97 2y agoHonestly I would say labor/exercise is food for the brain. Of course moderation in everything.
- passion__desire 2y agoDecades ago, Wiesner left academia, embraced Orthodox Judaism, moved from the US to Israel, and took up work there as a construction laborer—believing (or so he told me) that manual labor was good for the soul. https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=5730 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=5730 Stephen J. Wiesner (1942 – August 12, 2021)[1] was an American-Israeli research physicist, inventor and construction laborer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiesner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiesner