"Hey, aren't you somebody?" the teenager
queried as I got into the elevator. While I was pondering an appropriate answer to this
deeply philosophical question, his crony spilled the beans: "Yeah, he's
that guy who talks about chemistry on TV." This was just the ammunition
the philosopher needed. "Oh, no, we're locked in an elevator with a
scientist" he mocked, before volunteering the information that he got
about 2 percent in chemistry in high school, and that "that was with
cheating."
Sadly, I've heard such comments before. After many a
public lecture I've been approached by people who somehow feel the need to
unburden their soul and tell me, with some sort of perverse pride, how they
slept through science classes, or that chemistry was the only course they ever
failed. Little wonder that there is mental chaos about chemicals, or that
"chemical-free" products are hot sellers. Of course, if you are buying
a truly chemical-free product, you are not getting a good deal. You're buying
nothing……. And what exactly does one food producer's promise to use only
"real ingredients" in its pizzas mean? Were they using imaginary
ingredients before? Or perhaps fake ones? Plaster of Paris instead of flour?
Play Dough instead of cheese? "
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Editor's Note: I know is linked this in the previous post, but it was so good I had to link it separately.
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