One of the things I like best about being a physicist is that, when I wander aimlessly through the halls, unaware of my surroundings, with disheveled hair, bare feet, and a look somewhere between intense concentration and lunacy on my face, this is considered entirely normal behavior.
Well, mostly normal, at least.
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Sounds like you have the beginnings of a check list for how you know you’re a physicist (at CERN in particular?).
Come on, Seth. I have never seen you walk around bare feet!
Besides, who said anything about CERN people wanting to be “normal?! I dont want to be “normal” — depending on *who* defines normal!
Bilge, you weren’t in buildings 1, 3, 26, 51, 52, or 304 at the right times yesterday. I was thinking hard about how to organize pixel calibration scan data in an “offline analysis” ntuple, and could not be bothered to put my sandals back on while doing it.
Anyway, my point was that there are a wide range of things that count as normal around here. Which brings me to Jeff’s comment — I’m afraid there is no check list, because most physicists at CERN or anywhere else are weird (and therefore normal) in their own way.