10 top reasons why biological physics is cooler than elementary particle physics

1. Biological physics: can cure cancer
   Weak force: gives us cancer.

2. Biological physics makes us talk to chemists, biologists, medical researchers, materials scientists
    Elementary particle physics makes us talk to… other elementary particle physicists, so it really is a type of intellectual inbreeding.

3. Biological physics: Atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA
    Elementary particle physics: German cottage cheese (’quark’);

4. Biological physics: 100% of life
    Elementary particle physicists: 5% of the universe, the remaining 95% they don’t even know what it is.

5. Biological physics: Understanding of genetics, cancer, how cells work and only costs a few million dollars
    Elementary particle physics: has already cost us many, many billions and now they tell us that they don’t even know what 95% of the universe is made of!

6. Darwin: Nice beard
   Wilzcek: No hair, no beard.

7. Hot topics: Biological Physics: Single molecule manipulation, DNA computers, Nanobots
    Elementary Particle Physics: confirming the Standard model for the zillionth time, non-existing pentaquarks, unsolvable theories with no predictions (string theory).

8. Biological Physics Promises: Cure cancer, Alzheimers, grow replacement organs.
    Elementary Particles: A few billion dollars to not find Higgs boson.

 9. Biological physics: Publish papers under your name for work you have really done.
     Elementary particles: Publish with 500 other people for work you had nothing to do with.

10. Biological Physics students: Set up your own equipment for experiments you designed and make interesting observations.
      Elementary Particles students: Watch a display in a big accelerator you didn’t design and  that most of the time doesn’t do anything interesting anyways.

BONUS:
11. Biological Physics theory: Gene maps, protein structure, single molecule dynamics.
      Elementary Particles: Penguin diagrams.