Monthly Archive for June 2005

Surfing Theory

Jun 27th, 2005

I spent the weekend surfing. After a few days of work, I hope to spend the rest of this week surfing. Ok, so I attempted to surf. My normally consistent ability to stand up was foiled by the combination of gravity and rushing water. And typical grace took a back seat to awkward collapse followed [...]

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Theorist vs. Experimentalist

Jun 22nd, 2005

I was reminded yesterday of how my former advisor as an undergraduate used to distinguish between experimentalists and theorists: “An experimentalist can fix your car. A theorist can read the manual and tell you why it doesn’t work.” I was reminded of that yesterday when in the beginning of the day I was asked about [...]

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