Sørensen Memes

The greatest flex in chemistry history: inventing a fundamental scale and taking its meaning to the grave. Søren Sørensen created the pH scale in 1909 while working at Carlsberg Laboratory (yes, the beer company funded this). Despite countless students begging to know what the "p" stands for, the scientific community still debates whether it means "power," "potential," or "Carlsberg's marketing department needed something catchy." The ultimate power move isn't bench pressing 300 pounds—it's creating terminology that confuses generations of chemistry students.

Sørensen really said "I'm gonna create one of the most fundamental measurements in chemistry and then refuse to elaborate on what the 'p' stands for." Classic power move. Scientists in 1909 were like "So what does the 'p' mean?" and he just shrugged and walked away. Now we're all stuck debating whether it's "potential," "power," or just "please stop asking me questions." The man literally invented a unit that measures how acidic your kombucha is and then left everyone on read. Scientific ghosting at its finest.

The ultimate chemistry power move! This meme pokes fun at Søren Sørensen, the Danish chemist who created the pH scale in 1909 but took the meaning of "p" to his grave. While scientists now know it stands for "potential of hydrogen" (or "-log[H+]" for the nerdy crowd), Sørensen apparently chose chaos and never clarified. The muscular body photoshopped under his face perfectly captures the big brain energy of someone who creates a fundamental measurement system then refuses to elaborate. That's not just scientific discovery—that's scientific dominance.