Physics and chemistry discoveries get all the glory with fancy equipment and Nobel Prizes, while biologists are just out here in hazmat suits discovering that 90% of microbes do absolutely nothing interesting. The classic scientific disappointment hierarchy! When physicists find a new particle, they get champagne. When biologists spend 3 years isolating a microbe, it turns out to be yet another organism that just... exists. That PhD thesis on "Novel Bacteria from Pond Scum" suddenly feels less groundbreaking when your discovery's main talent is converting oxygen to carbon dioxide at an unremarkable rate.
The Disappointing Reality Of Biological Discoveries
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