--by Horatio Algeranon
Chemists* might not know about strings,
But at least they know about actual things.
Chemists* might not know about strings,
But at least they know about actual things.
*Other types of scientists and engineers (gasp!) may be substituted, of course: climate scientists, geophysicists, chemical physicists, oceanographers, ecologists, molecular biologists, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, geologists, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, (even) chemical engineers (!!) ... and on and on.
Inspired by a conversation at the Rabett's burrow (More Arrogant Physicists) wherein the web's most infamous (and most arrogant?) string theorist belittled chemists (or "average chemists", at least).
For the uninitiated, "strings" refers to the exotic (and as yet experimentally unproven) mathematical structures posited by some physicists (string theorists) as the very foundation of physics. Superstring theory is one version of their "Theory of Everything" (quite a humble moniker, wouldn't you agree?).
For the uninitiated, "strings" refers to the exotic (and as yet experimentally unproven) mathematical structures posited by some physicists (string theorists) as the very foundation of physics. Superstring theory is one version of their "Theory of Everything" (quite a humble moniker, wouldn't you agree?).
