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Electron band structure in germanium, my ass (2001)

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janandonly ◴[01 Apr 25 13:09 UTC] No.43546380[source]▶
It takes a special kind of mind to appreciate this short post, not as fiction, but as truth and also as a jab at the physics sciences in general.
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1. analog31 ◴[02 Apr 25 03:13 UTC] No.43553319[source]▶
I'm an industrial physicist, and the post put a smile on my face. And indeed, it's not fiction. It's a blast. You will go through times like this, I guarantee it.

I've been wrestling with a cantankerous experiment for a couple of weeks. It produces reproducible results, but they don't make sense, and the work is not in a domain where discovering new physics by accident is likely.