Physicists are not gods, nor are they always right. I’ve learned that hard lesson many times over while both working for and learning from some noted and not-so noted physicists and trying to act god-like in my own encounters with geeks of any persuasion (I admit to being one, too).

Doctors of Medicine fall into the same category, yet that’s another story or three…later.

There’s a few experiences on physicist encounters of the first kind that I’d like to share.

First, I have to say, I have met many Physicists who were incredibly brilliant and also down-to-earth people. Same thing with Medical Doctors. But even exceptional people have feet of clay like my own, I think, at times.

Bottom line: we all can act like idiots sometime, again proving the Dilbert hypothesis that we all do, sooner of later. It’s truly a human condition.
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For those of you who do not know Dilbert, you have been missing some of the wittiest and most humorous satire about American organization work life and technology ever published. It is the creation of Scott Adams, a talented observer and cartoonist.

His website is an easy one to remember: Dilbert.com. Plus he has a regular blog that echoes many of his observations at dilbert.com/blog/ that you can visit by CLICKING HERE.

It is loved by most hard-working nerds and underlings who work in large organizations, especially those who work for poor and or uncaring bosses. Many have survived such experiences, but few forget them.

It is a part-time model for symptoms of idiocy in corporate life in far too many organizations in the USA, and doubtless elsewhere now with Globalization. Too many people identify regularly with certain Dilbert themes and situations! Adams has a limitless wealth of situations available!
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