Recent content by dp647

Is the USPTO not something one can self-study for, like the LSAT? As a separate question, I have heard that patent agents (not attorneys) are under threat, or otherwise under pressure, from AI. The reason given is that the work of an agent does not carry the same legal liabilities as that of an...

Regarding shortchanging abilities or knowledge, I do not believe so; what I have written is my dispassionate analysis of things. Regarding personal attributes, I desperately hope so; that's my last card to play. Interest is a tricky thing. I think a person needs a sense of safety and...

I have used AI in getting the at-a-glance overview of what someone in my research area might go on to do. However, the key problem is precisely what I pointed to in my post: what Gemini wrote carries many unstated assumptions about what I know and can do. If I constrain myself to speak no...

In my estimation, yes, that is true to a great extent. The one thing I can see myself potentially being qualified for, in my current state, is as a math/physics tutor. I don't feel like I came away from my education thus far with anything tangible beyond that, even with straight A's. As you...

Yes.

The first is a tricky one; I’ve always found it hard to put into words what I like and why. If I approach it from the structured view of specific courses I enjoyed in undergrad, then in no particular order these are the following: intermediate classical mechanics, complex analysis, Buddhist...

I feel quite lost with regard to forming any sort of career plan at the moment. Right now, I’m at the start of my 4th year as a Physics PhD student at a good school (one of the Ivies). My work so far has been in theoretical condensed matter physics (cold atom gases in optical cavities). I think...