Ego Memes

Posts tagged with Ego

The Self-Citation Championship

Academia Research Scientists Science

1 month ago 3.7K views 0 shares

The Self-Citation Championship

The academic equivalent of giving yourself a high five. Nothing quite like watching a professor smugly reference "et al., 2018" when they're the "et al." Bonus points when they casually mention "as shown in my groundbreaking research" for the seventh time in one lecture. The citation section of their syllabus is basically their CV with extra steps.

When Your Wife Names Your Quantum Discovery

Physics Scientists Universe Science

2 months ago 5.6K views 0 shares

When Your Wife Names Your Quantum Discovery

The ultimate scientific ego check! Poor Max Planck excitedly tells his wife about discovering the smallest possible length in the universe, hoping to name it something grand... only for her to immediately suggest naming it after him. His disappointed expression says it all—nothing ruins your moment of cosmic discovery like your spouse casually solving your naming dilemma with the obvious answer. The Planck length (a mind-boggling 1.6 × 10 -35 meters) might be impossibly tiny, but his wife's brutal efficiency in naming conventions was absolutely massive.