XKCD Is Awesome

[damigella]

 There's nothing whatsoever I can add to this. Except that Emmy Noether is one of my personal heroes.

Comments

Re: This is awesome!

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

You have two hard science degrees and you know what to do in a lab? I'm so impressed. I am terrible at anything even vaguely experimental. [Looks down at hands, see sign of burns gotten from attempt to have oven-roasted chicken in January, shakes head.]

On the other hand, I'm so not surprised at you finding it sexist out there, no matter how many degrees you have or how skilled you are.

Re: This is awesome!

[lazzylizzard.livejournal.com]

Not only sexist, but elitist to boot. Oh well, I get to influence many more young girls and women this way and reeducate many young men. I tutor every age and most subjects from kindergarten to undergrad degree. This is far more rewarding and this comic is a wonderful addition to the walls in this office!

I have plenty of burn marks from pizza ovens obtained while working through school. At least with cooking I can enjoy the final product, most of my chem experiments were toxic or just putrid! LOL.

Re: This is awesome!

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I'm a total pervert because I really enjoy tutoring. I now get to do it very rarely, and usually only pro bono, but I enjoy it every time for the same reasons you mention. And I'm so glad for your students!

And at least what you produced in your lab may have been putrid, but it was visible. Half of the stuff I deal with not only isn't an actual, three-dimensional solid - it doesn't even have a positive number of dimensions!