A short story by Pavlina:
How I Met Particle Clicker
I found this cute game thanks to my sister’s post on facebook. At first I thought it generates a name for my hypothetic lab from chaotic clicking on a special colorful circle and my lab was called “PC violation”. And I was proud because it felt like the Internet knows what kind of person I am – a violator of all the technical stuff. But the truth about the website is a little bit different.
The big disappointment came when I found out that I am the one who gives the name to my lab. Also the PC violation was actually CP violation and it turned out to be some technical thing which is probably good to control or research. Other important facts gradually came to my mind and I realized that the website is actually a quite fun game in which you can try to be a scientist at CERN. At CERN, you can do research and discover new particles and parts of these particles and divide the undividable atom. Divide et impera.
The cool thing is that you can pay other people to do your job! Getting new data enables you to research and discover new things and particles. New research gives you greater reputation in the world (not only the academic one) and reputation guaranties you more generous funding. Then you can hire new workers for your research and upgrades. The more workers the more data you get. That’s cool, right?
By the way I already got five Nobel Prize winners to work for me :)
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