Physicists actually are socialized to believe that they can step into other peoples' disciplines and, um, improve them.
History contributes to this myth: a fair number of Nobel Prizes in Medicine have gone to physicists, for example. So a certain amount of hubris accompanies the profession.
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Date: 2006-07-24 06:11 pm (UTC)History contributes to this myth: a fair number of Nobel Prizes in Medicine have gone to physicists, for example. So a certain amount of hubris accompanies the profession.