tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074847022851564936.post3574038509020490221..comments2022-09-07T09:02:56.174-04:00Comments on The Dendritic Arbor: [LJ Repost] War on The Cult of Genius, The Cult of Theory, and The Cult of Not BiologyAliothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023577826873977834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074847022851564936.post-39790188800446609562007-11-18T20:07:00.000-05:002007-11-18T20:07:00.000-05:00Heh, I like that. Whenever I'm taking a physics cl...Heh, I like that. Whenever I'm taking a physics class and a chem class at the same time (which has now happened twice), I'm always amused by how fuzzily they treat each other's fields. A physics teacher will say "So some atoms go through this region with the magnetic field..." without another word about the atoms, except to specify charge and/or mass. And a chem teacher will say "So this electron shields the other electron from the nucleus..." without a word about field superposition. Because, y'know, obviously their field is superior, or they wouldn't be interested in it.Aliothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182368463863852729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074847022851564936.post-39409677525970404552007-11-18T19:59:00.000-05:002007-11-18T19:59:00.000-05:00One of the catchiest rejoinders I've heard from ch...One of the catchiest rejoinders I've heard from chemists in response to physicist smugness is that <I>the only element physicists understand is helium, which is so boring that chemists don't even bother with it</I>. Taken in the playful, satirical spirit with which it is intended, I think it's a good rejoinder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com