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1. Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:20:04 UTC Skulls in the Stars

   It is still kinda weird when I think about how I am basically a professor of optics, but had almost no optics classes as a student. (I am trained generally as a physicist, and when I changed to optics I largely taught myself.)

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:20:03 UTC Robert McNees

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     @drskyskull I never took classes in GR or particle physics! Timing never worked out. Just learned them on my own,

   • TheFourthGuy (jgsjames@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:24:58 UTC TheFourthGuy

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     • Robert McNees

     @mcnees @drskyskull "on my own" !!!!

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:24:58 UTC Robert McNees

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     • TheFourthGuy

     @jgsjames @drskyskull You know what I mean! Outside of a formal course, but with the assistance of a number of incredible resources, etc etc

   • Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (dgoldsmith@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 04:33:32 UTC Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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     • Robert McNees

     @mcnees @drskyskull I did graduate coursework in both but wound up a software engineer. 🤷🏻♀️

   • Level 98 (level98@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jun-2023 05:32:45 UTC Level 98

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     • Robert McNees

     @mcnees @drskyskull I had "classes" (fairly elementary) on both but I did not really pay much attention / understand much at the time.

     Have since got my head around GR... still working on particle physics / QFT.