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Physicists Now And Then
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Physicists Now And Then
The infamous academic specialization creep captured in one perfect doge meme! Historical physicists were absolute units of interdisciplinary knowledge—Newton casually inventing calculus on a Tuesday before diving into biblical prophecies on Wednesday. Meanwhile, modern physicists are so hyper-specialized they might as well be speaking different languages. The right side hits way too close to home for anyone who's ever nodded politely through a colleague's explanation of their research while internally thinking "I understood approximately zero of those words and we supposedly have the same degree." Hyperspecialization: making brilliant people feel completely clueless since approximately 1950.

From Deep Thinkers To Crying Doggos
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3 months ago 5.2K views 0 shares
From Deep Thinkers To Crying Doggos
From philosophical giants to philosophical chihuahuas! The evolution of scientific thinking has apparently gone from Einstein's buff "let's ponder the nature of reality" energy to the modern scientist's crying doggo approach of "please stop asking deep questions, my grant proposal is due tomorrow." Remember when scientists had time to contemplate the cosmos between equations? Now we're too busy tweeting our research to actually think about what it means. The irony is delicious - we've become so focused on answering specific questions that we've forgotten how to question our answers!

Fax Machine: The Ancient One
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3 months ago 5.9K views 0 shares
Fax Machine: The Ancient One
That moment when your brain short-circuits realizing the fax machine (invented in 1843) predates quantum mechanics, relativity, and most of modern medicine. Your textbooks are basically toddlers compared to that ancient screeching box of paper magic! Next you'll tell me string theory is younger than my grandma's cat. *existential crisis intensifies*