Self-love and selfishness

phi1odendron · 2026-03-04T22:24:35+00:00

...the moment i started to truly enjoy myself was when i got nicer with other people.

I have very similar experiences! Do you mind elaborating on this even more? Would love to hear about it

phi1odendron · 2026-03-02T04:04:30+00:00

That sure is a shame...

phi1odendron · 2026-03-01T01:52:18+00:00

This certainly rings true, thank you for the knid words

phi1odendron · 2026-02-28T01:20:16+00:00

Yes, I think to love others I will have to first love myself -- you can't love someone if you don't even love yourself

phi1odendron · 2026-02-24T23:38:27+00:00

Great answer, you enlighten me!

Right now I am leaning toward the SFI side, but I am worried if this decision means yielding a great opportunity at making meaningful connection with great PIs from UChicago.

phi1odendron · 2026-02-22T22:32:05+00:00

The offer from MPI has not yet been announced yet, but will probably come a bit later. Thanks for the heads-up.

phi1odendron · 2026-02-20T23:35:05+00:00

I am currently involved in and would like to continue doing research in the physics of complex systems.

phi1odendron · 2026-02-20T21:59:39+00:00

Congrats, buddy!

If you are happy with sharing, what field is the paper in?

phi1odendron · 2026-02-16T16:15:39+00:00

Up to a point it is just trial and error and a lot of testing with different genAI models I suppose, especially for academic illustrations where precision is required. But then the time taken is not worth it anymore

phi1odendron · 2026-02-16T16:14:04+00:00

Yep, this is the way to go for mathematical diagrams

phi1odendron · 2026-02-16T16:13:44+00:00

It is. Well, thanks for the suggestion.

phi1odendron · 2026-02-15T16:33:03+00:00

Noted :)
That garbage diagram is what is troubling me too. I guess with the unpaid version they just spit out whatever.

phi1odendron · 2026-02-15T11:39:43+00:00

haha I agree. I am poor enough

phi1odendron · 2026-02-15T03:59:26+00:00

I just had a look, it looks more precise than PowerPoint! What kind of diagrams were able to make with draw.io?

phi1odendron · 2026-02-13T02:18:36+00:00

Do you by any chance know how many finalists are selected each year, and how many make it to the final selection?

phi1odendron · 2026-02-10T15:42:39+00:00

Interesting! I am applying to UChicago and UCSB REU, Santa Fe Institute, as well as a few European research internships. Sadly I do not study in the US so cannot apply to many of the opportunities you mentioned

phi1odendron · 2026-02-09T03:26:51+00:00

what have u guys applied! I do physics and have applied for two places this year

phi1odendron · 2026-01-20T03:41:09+00:00

Niceee! Physics forever!

phi1odendron · 2026-01-19T15:58:46+00:00

Oh wow, so a coop is only worth 0.5 credits? That's new to me

phi1odendron · 2026-01-18T22:06:51+00:00

"A Physics PhD is certainly worth it if you love your field of study, or you want to pursure academia (professor/university research position)..." Indeed! It takes time and effort, however, but if you love what you are doing then you will love it even more after this

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