Comments on: Is he a scientist? or a stamp collector? http://philiprobert.com/2008/05/03/is-he-a-scientist-or-a-stamp-collector/ Pursuing Love, Happiness, and Adventure! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:22:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Philip http://philiprobert.com/2008/05/03/is-he-a-scientist-or-a-stamp-collector/#comment-50 Philip Sat, 03 May 2008 22:20:26 +0000 http://philiprobert.com/?p=76#comment-50 Mark, Know what you mean. Sometimes working on the bleeding edge takes time to pay off. Amazingly illustrated by Brian Cox in his statement about what you get from Hydrogen and Oxygen when you give it 13.5 <em>Billion</em> years. Mark,
Know what you mean. Sometimes working on the bleeding edge takes time to pay off. Amazingly illustrated by Brian Cox in his statement about what you get from Hydrogen and Oxygen when you give it 13.5 Billion years.

]]> By: Mark Lookabaugh http://philiprobert.com/2008/05/03/is-he-a-scientist-or-a-stamp-collector/#comment-49 Mark Lookabaugh Sat, 03 May 2008 21:27:52 +0000 http://philiprobert.com/?p=76#comment-49 Phil, I absolutely love this sort of stuff. Thanks for the post. I'm a computer scientist by trade. Generally I deal with problems that are well defined, proven solvable, and with a guaranteed payoff at the end. Very lucrative, but not often cutting edge. True science like this stands my hair on end. What a joy to be able to persue knowledge for its own sake as a living. All the best, Mark Phil,

I absolutely love this sort of stuff. Thanks for the post.

I’m a computer scientist by trade. Generally I deal with problems that are well defined, proven solvable, and with a guaranteed payoff at the end. Very lucrative, but not often cutting edge.

True science like this stands my hair on end. What a joy to be able to persue knowledge for its own sake as a living.

All the best,
Mark

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