
16 meh, only illegal if I get caught. my lack of women makes me sad. I dunno if it's the hair, the beard, the clothes or the maths major :(
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:33,
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I abandoned experimental physics a long time ago...but I did discover something :)
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:41,
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when I got sick of error bars covering the whole graph, and being given good marks for finding out a galaxy cluster was 15+-10MPc away. Someone else in the group got something like 13+-15 and still got good marks. It could be 2Mpc behind us! Stupid subject.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:44,
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I expect that's only 1 standard deviation, as well.
Now I'm in medical physics, we like to be fairly certain about things.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:47,
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Now I'm in medical physics, we like to be fairly certain about things.

Astrophysics doesn't really seem to mind.
edit: 1 standard deviation, yes.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:49,
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edit: 1 standard deviation, yes.

so stupid people can still be scientists
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:47,
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an astrophysicst didn't bang me when I wanted her to.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:56,
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Damned astrophysicists. She then went for another astrophysicist, two years younger than her. Silly girl.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 13:05,
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they are mature, and sensible, not like spoiled little turds.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 13:06,
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(fnarr fnarr), it was just that she went for younger men and I was a year older than her :(
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 13:12,
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I'm not knocking older women either, inspite of the fact I want to
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 13:16,
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Strangely enough, my girlfriend actually likes it when I talk physics, for reasons I've never quite understood.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:36,
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If it helps, I found that drinking lots helped kick things off.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:39,
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Find a woman who's had the same idea and is also a physicist. That can work well. There aren't *many* women physicists, alas, but there's some great ones out there.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:46,
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I'm not sure where they come from, because there were hardly any on my degree course.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:50,
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when i was doing my degree in theoretical physics we had about 10% or less. there's a few more in astrophysical/cosmological type of things though.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:52,
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I've actually been able to talk to girls about physics without getting weird looks and told to fuck off out of their faces.
But it helps to know them a bit first. "Hey, baby, I've got a Masters in Theoretical Physics. Want to hear about the Top Quark?" is not the best chatup line.
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Sat 19 Apr 2008, 12:41,
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But it helps to know them a bit first. "Hey, baby, I've got a Masters in Theoretical Physics. Want to hear about the Top Quark?" is not the best chatup line.

You have to at least try to make it sound interesting.
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