I understand where you're coming from.

My mention of "drunken Hubski-ing" directly played into that interaction. For some reason (probably the booze), I thought you were kidding, in addition to my having expected the Hubski team to consist solely of web developers/designers/programmers. Neither was I sure how many people "team Hubski" encompassed. If a large number of people were involved in a website, for 40% of them to hold PhD's in physics sounds unbelievable. Using that logic (and the relative size of the site) I deduced that the team was 5 strong, 2 of which held PhD's.

I hold PhD's of physics in the highest possible regard. Some introspection reveals that I may be trying to convince myself that this is the case solely because it is the route that I've chosen for myself, and I'd like to (however foolishly) believe that I'm chasing one of the most difficult pursuits available. Obviously, that isn't necessarily the case. It depends on the choice of school, thesis, your advisor, etc., such that someone's PhD in neuroscience might have been twice as difficult to obtain as another's in physics.

I'm relatively new to Hubski, but have found myself just about always believing people's assertions here. No one really seems unreasonably outlandish in their claims.

And yeah, I migrated from Reddit for discussion. It's degenerated into a mainstream cesspool, as good things sometimes do. Makes me feel a little hypocritical, being a recent migrant, but it might bode well for Hubski to remain fairly small.

Cheers! :)