I suppose some might argue that being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics is enough to call yourself a physicist.
…it does have the unfortunate implication, however, that nominations need not be restricted to physicists at all since any winner becomes a physicist upon receipt of the prize.
It’s sort of like the No True Scotsman but inverted, and with physicists instead of Scotsmen.
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I suppose some might argue that being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics is enough to call yourself a physicist.
…it does have the unfortunate implication, however, that nominations need not be restricted to physicists at all since any winner becomes a physicist upon receipt of the prize.
It’s sort of like the No True Scotsman but inverted, and with physicists instead of Scotsmen.