Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 03:14:27 UTC No. 16212971

The same time I can stop calling my self a kid of the boss

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 03:35:39 UTC No. 16212998

>>16212961
When you have a PhD.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 04:41:18 UTC No. 16213079

>>16212961
When that 300k starting hits your bank account.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 04:53:22 UTC No. 16213087

>>16212961
When you begin making physics and/or mathematics a significant part of your life, and you are skilled enough to be able to figure things out (whether that means coming up with respectable physics theories, or solving tricky math puzzles and pondering on unsolved mathematical problems) on your own rather than just reading walkthroughs in textbooks.
>>16212998
He said no troll answers, retard. Only retards waste time and money getting a college degree.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 05:21:27 UTC No. 16213102

>>16212961
The moment you publish in a peer reviewed journal

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 06:09:44 UTC No. 16213143

>>16212998
this

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 06:12:18 UTC No. 16213147

>>16212961
When you identify as a physicist or a mathematician. It's like gender.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 06:40:00 UTC No. 16213174

>>16212961
>Whan can you call yourself a physicist or a mathematician?
Professionally? When you're getting paid to discover or verify new mathematics of physics.
Didactically, as an amateur? When you do the same on your own, for your own enjoyment.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 06:41:00 UTC No. 16213176

>>16213174
>mathematics OR physics
fixed, apologies

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:15:42 UTC No. 16214560

>>16212998
This is the Answer

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:17:58 UTC No. 16214607

>>16212998
this. the one exception is if you're so cracked that physicists and mathematicians commonly refer to you as one anyway. but it's hard to get to that level these days without going through grad school already.