>>12466933elite here. the only thing we are hiding from not miss is that our field is filled with guys who are second rate and even still the system forces them to chase funding goals rather than doing real research on meaningful physics. it’s a rat race to publish or perish about the hot topics the funding agencies set.
if you think physicists are those deep stare metal gear lalelulelo geniuses then you are sadly overestimating us. we just try to do our jobs but the funding agencies are the ones pulling the strings