Yeah physics departments should share this article with incoming students, to help them see where the field is going. Although one thing missing is that I woul

Yeah physics departments should share this article with incoming students, to help them see where the field is going. Although one thing missing is that I would want to find another article that illustrates the ways that physics research is improving and helping our lives today. I started out in physics, was interested in relativity and the like, but thought ahead to a career in physics and saw that folks were into string theory, which didn't really appeal to me, and I wasn't seeing how physics research was helping people today. I should have done more research into the field before leaving it, but, I went into physics and science education research and cognitive science. Ironically, a similar article like this one got me into cognitive science (before I even started college), an interview with Patricia Churchland by Bill Moyers.