Wow that’s a mouthful. I tried to look that one up.
Meanwhile, this graphic is making the rounds again:
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The Broad (aka 'The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard would have to sit somewhere near MIT – a little lower in log(# of academics) but if anything farther to the right. We’re kind of famous for citing ourselves in publications (and I have had a senior Harvard professor ask me how I managed to avoid the characteristic Broad arrogance).
Mind you, the Broad also contains centers, labs, platforms, programs, and (for all I know) research groups). We occupy much of the plot area.
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Accusations of arrogance are always going to be a circular firing squad within the sciences, and there isn’t an improvement when clinicians are brought in. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of humble scientists, but stereotypes exist for a reason which is why that graph gave me a giggle.
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In medicine, for sure. Yike. Good reflection!
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Then there are the MD/PhDs. 
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I have to say, the ones I talked to in med school were not that many, but really interesting and geeky. I remember talking to one about my neighbor who had a really rare inherited muscular disease, and he got all excited about how to help her. 
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Reminds me of how my sister used to get all excited about some rare and bizarre organic molecule.
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Someone proposed a unit of humility, the “kan”. If you have one kan of humility, you are tolerable to be around. Named in honor of the physicist Roger Millikan.
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Maybe that turns out to be a ridiculously large unit like a Farad. So if you have a hemikan or a decikan of humility, are you still tolerable? Hopefully we don’t have to jump to using micro or nanokans!
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Assorted units brings to mind the idea that an eight-way division of a Mexican entree yields hemisemidemichimichangas.
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Surely while away at Oxford.
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Great one, thank you!
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edit: Knox currently qualifies as my ESA, but he is selective in who he emotionally supports! His “targets” fall mostly into two categories: me and people who matter to me, and people on wheelchairs and such.
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And if it turns out to not even be an ‘O’, then I guess all you’ve really got is just back to ‘U’.
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