Nothing says "I love science education" like traumatizing a curious child with graduate-level physics! Phil Plait's advice is peak scientist humor - why give a simple "the sky scatters blue light more" when you can drop Rayleigh scattering and retinal physiology on a 5-year-old? This is exactly how we create the next generation of therapy patients with science anxiety. Bonus points for maintaining unblinking eye contact while delivering this explanation. That kid will either become the next Feynman or develop a lifelong fear of looking upward.
Crushing Childhood Curiosity With Quantum Physics
1 year ago
35,063 views
0 shares
astronomy-memes, physics-memes, science-communication-memes, rayleigh-scattering-memes, optics-memes | ScienceHumor.io
More Like This
The Ultimate Cosmic Showdown
1 year ago
40.0K views
0 shares
Nuclear Power: The World's Fanciest Tea Kettle
10 months ago
41.1K views
0 shares
The Billion Dollar Brain Trust
11 months ago
47.5K views
0 shares
Loading more content...
Academia
Ai
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Climate
Conspiracy
Earth-science
Engineering
Evolution
Geology