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A Complex Metaphysical Conundrum...
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oups.com... Hi all, I once believed that UHF(and beyond) RF electronics was the most technically challenging hobby there is. Period. However, I've since read about some chap who claims his principal 'hobby' is Quantum Mechanics! This fellow is in prison somewhere in the UK and all his 'work' is *entirely* theoretical (obviously - given the confined circumstances) and consists of the academic pursuit of the subject alone including heaps of serious number-crunching and formidably cryptic calculus. The complex, metaphysical conundrum that arises from this is: can QM (highly theoretical even if you actually work hands-on with particle accelerators) ever be accurately described as a 'hobby?' What does the Panel think? p. It is a hobby if you're a physics Ph.D. who can't get an academic job There are people who do astronomical computing (calculation of orbits, etc.) as a hobby. I suppose this is similar. |
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