• getFrog@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    A chemistry teacher I had like a decade ago used to insist that being good at chemistry has a great correlation with being good at baking, because both are about following recipes. I’d say that video disproves that claim.

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      2 days ago

      He’s right for the wrong reasons. Chemists and bakers were able to connect the dots of “when I do this, that happens” in a way other people cant.

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      My wife is proof that the recipe doesn’t matter. She bakes like most people cook, a pinch of this, a pinch of that, oops too much that, maybe more of this… Rarely does it come out too bad.

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      1. Maybe good at actual synthesis but there’s loads about chemistry that isn’t solutions in beakers

      2. Assuming your teacher is right humans are fuzzy data points and an anecdotal counter-example does not disprove the trend.