No, I have never met a particle physicist that meditated his way into eating the notorious death cap and thanked god and spirituality for saving him.
I find it pretty sad that you'd preclude rational people from being able to experience genuinely marvelous things. I can tell you that there is a whole spectrum of rational thought, including both your hyper rational and 'interesting' people. I don't think you actually believe that these people live a myopic life of sterile scrutiny and flavorless examination.
The road is long my friend, and you have a distance to travel.
Your original comment was drawing generalisations about a certain character of thought from one person's experience. Obviously, I am not asking if you have met another particle physicist with this specific set of eccentricities.
Nor do I preclude anything about the scope or validity of someone's experiences, unlike your original comment.
I find it pretty sad that you'd preclude rational people from being able to experience genuinely marvelous things. I can tell you that there is a whole spectrum of rational thought, including both your hyper rational and 'interesting' people. I don't think you actually believe that these people live a myopic life of sterile scrutiny and flavorless examination.
The road is long my friend, and you have a distance to travel.