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A self-respecting theoretical physicist kills most of their own ideas rather than waiting for somebody else to do it.

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physics Fundamental physics: unification, relativity and quantum mechanics, and whether string theory is still the candidate.

innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

What Janna Levin actually said

  1. Janna Levin Theoretical cosmologist
    I totally agree. Sometimes I take too long to come to that conclusion, but I will proudly say, as most theoretical physicists should, that I kill most of my ideas myself.

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