Vlt Memes

Scientists spend decades building revolutionary instruments that can peer into the cosmos with unprecedented precision... then name them "Very Large Telescope" with all the creativity of a sleep-deprived grad student. Meanwhile, the same people will casually toss around terms like "Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate" during lunch breaks. The duality of scientific nomenclature - either insultingly straightforward or needlessly polysyllabic. Nothing in between.