What Is a Physicist? - Learn About the Profession

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The discussion revolves around the concept of what defines a physicist, exploring various aspects of the profession, including roles, earnings, and cultural perceptions. It touches on both serious and humorous interpretations of the physicist's identity and societal image.

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  • Conceptual clarification
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  • Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants share links to resources that provide information about physicists, including their roles and earnings across different countries.
  • There is a humorous exchange regarding the gendered language used in discussing physicists, with some participants questioning why the term is predominantly male.
  • One participant humorously characterizes physicists as "crazy" or "lunatic scientists" who are preoccupied with complex theories and concepts.
  • Another participant reflects on their personal interests, mentioning a shift from physics to cooking and their pursuit of a PhD in nanotechnology.
  • There is a light-hearted acknowledgment of personal connections and relationships, with references to a significant other.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants engage in a mix of serious and humorous dialogue, with no clear consensus on the identity of a physicist. The discussion includes both playful banter and genuine inquiries, reflecting a range of perspectives without resolution.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes informal and humorous characterizations of physicists, which may not represent the professional reality. The use of gendered language and personal anecdotes introduces subjective views that are not universally applicable.

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What Is A Physicist ?

https://www.physicsforums.com/journal.php?s=&journalid=13790&action=view

Goto the above URL and you shall find various references to sites that will present the socalled PHYSICIST to you. What does he do ? What does he earn ? Comparisons of physicists in different countries...

really interesting if i may say so myself...


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marlon
 
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marlon said:
https://www.physicsforums.com/journal.php?s=&journalid=13790&action=view

What does he do ? What does he earn ?


Why is he not a she? :-p
 
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For the same reason physics textbooks assume their readers are male?
 
Laura1013 said:
Why is he not a she? :-p
Yes, that too is addressed in the link. :wink: (no offense meant)
 
Laura1013 said:
Why is he not a she? :-p

Sorry, should have thought about that...sorry...i will edit it...

marlon
 
I can answer this question easily. A physicits is a :

i) a crazy guy (like Marlon)

ii) a lunatic sciencist who spends all day concerned with impossible theories, equations and concepts (like Marlon).

iii) a guy who, got bored of such businesses, spends the rest of the day writting here (like Marlon).

iv) a savant, who has thousands of strange books in his personal library, and whom girls are afraid of being around (like Marlon). This last evidence is weaker, if the photograph you shown some time ago was true (she was very pretty).

v) but after all, a kind guy and a good boy (like Marlon).

:wink:
 
Clausius2 said:
I can answer this question easily. A physicits is a :

i) a crazy guy (like Marlon)

GUILTY

ii) a lunatic sciencist who spends all day concerned with impossible theories, equations and concepts (like Marlon).

GUILTY

iii) a guy who, got bored of such businesses, spends the rest of the day writting here (like Marlon).

SEMI-GUILTY, I AM ALSO INTO COOKING NOW. Besides, i am waiting to start my phd in nanotechnology...

girls are afraid of being around (like Marlon). This last evidence is weaker, if the photograph you shown some time ago was true (she was very pretty).

Yes, she is still the light of my life...the reason i exist and the incarnation of devine beauty on this earth

v) but after all, a kind guy and a good boy (like Marlon).

:wink:

Thanks man, why don't you have a "most diplomatic member"-medal under your name... :wink:


regards
marlon
 

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