• Shampiss@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    6 months ago

    Another classic case of “Scientists are bad at naming things”

    Some people will spend their entire lives thinking math is stupid because of imaginary numbers.

    Thinking that electrons behave differently when you “look” at them.

    Think that radio towers and microwaves cause cancer because they emit radiation

    Many of these are failures of the education system and to be fair scientists don’t have the power of hindsight. Still it annoys me how inefficient it is having these names