💡Read Plate V now!How long do you think it’d take you to realize the cave was alive?I don’t think I’d ever realize it was alive… Given you’re a chemist yourself, does the ability to describe things in the most unimaginative ways possible lend itself to being a good chemist?Well, we’re taught that every reaction happens for a rational reason, based on well-described, repeatable properties, i.e., no ‘magical thinking’ allowed. When I’m working on an experiment and taking observations down, I don’t want to claim to know exactly what’s going on if I’m not completely sure. Let’s say that I’m trying to make an orange crystal. Obviously if my final product is orange that’s a good sign the synthesis worked, but until some additional tests are run I’m not at liberty to assume… Maybe I just made a conveniently colored sludge from a side reaction involving impurities. In that case, it’s better to write something cautious like: “An orange solid was formed.”How many people do you think the cave…
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