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fun fact: it’s a crime to not credit xkcd! see the bottom of the page.
also fun fact: it’s a crime to use any work, except for when you have permission, and a few edge casesChemistry: “So anyways, here’s Zyklon B”
In chemistry they flip a coin to decide if their next product will improves mankinds quality of life tenfold or be the reason the Geneva convention needs a rewriting
We call this the Haber Flip.
I appreciate that Randall Munroe isn’t a part of the Feynman cult. Angela Collier did a great video about it a few months ago.
Uh-oh. As a shallow level science lover I’ve always liked and respected Feynman and how he has presented science to layfolk like myself. I’m expecting some disappointing information when I dig into this video tomorrow.
From watching the video, he’s a great and talented science communicator and a decent man (depending on if the divorce trial was mutually fabricated or real).
But he’s a mid scientist that doesn’t really deserve to have his work compared to Einstein and Newton like he often is.
He also made up a bunch of macho cool stories about himself that’s like Rick Sanchez mixed with an “Alpha Male”, and much like both it infected young guys for years to come.
Also bongos.
Why Chem don’t get to participate?
Because of World War 1.
Bio was also later disqualified because of WWIII … or was it WWIV? or WWV? … I forget but it was one of them anyway.
Hey, spoilers
