All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.
It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet.