Science Or Sorcery: Physics' Identity Crisis

Physics is just trying so hard to convince everyone it's a legitimate science and not wizardry in disguise. Sure, you've got your "radioactive isotopes" (definitely not enchanted death rocks), "electromagnetic levitation" (not magical floating spells), and "vector calculus" (absolutely not arcane runes). The desperate "THEY ARE NOT RUNES SHUT UP" has the same energy as someone caught wearing a wizard hat insisting it's "just a fancy sun protector." The Cherenkov radiation glow? Totally scientific and not souls being harvested. That lab equipment? Just standard chemistry apparatus, not demon summoning paraphernalia at all! The cognitive dissonance of physicists is delightful - using incomprehensible symbols to explain invisible forces while frantically denying any similarity to the occult.