https://xkcd.com/2933

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==COSMOLOGY==> ‘Uhhh … how sure are we that everything is made of these?’

  • Higgs boson
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    529 months ago

    Degree in physics. Worked for NASA as a programmer and roboticist. Full time “cartoonist” since 2006.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        219 months ago

        At my work, we meet astronauts fairly often (I met Jonny Kim last year), and it’s amazing how many of them are like this. They’ll usually pass out their headshots that have their bio on the back, and the number of advanced degrees and impressive accomplishments is jaw dropping. Like I feel like I’d think my life was worthwhile if I did one of those things by the end of it, and a lot of the astronauts are hardly more than half my age. And to really rub it in, they all seem incredibly genuine, personable, and well adjusted.

        There are a giant number of people who want to be astronauts, and NASA only needs a small number in a given year, so they can pick the very cream of the crop.

        • @samus12345
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          9 months ago

          At least we’re sending space our best.

          • @[email protected]
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            119 months ago

            Could you imagine what the world would be like if we let their like lead our countries?

            • @samus12345
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              9 months ago

              Ah, a meritocracy instead of a plutocracy. Maybe someday, if we survive.

              • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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                109 months ago

                When you rule, you get to pick what qualities have merit, which is how we end up of administrations of The Master Race or lispy Spaniards, or ruthlesd billionaires.

                We’re still trying to figure out how to get to government tha implements public-serving ideas.

    • @samus12345
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      9 months ago

      It’s understandable that he didn’t have time to learn how to draw, then.