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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by MiroF on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:06PM (#22082191)
Name a single instance of a lay person without a background in physics discovering the basis behind a phenomenon since 1900.

For some reason, physics seems to be disproportionately popular among armchair theorists compared to other fields like math or chemistry.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by ben_w on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:46AM (#22083246)
> disproportionately popular among armchair theorists compared to other fields like math or chemistry.

I’ve heard this before, but I wonder how true it is? I know my experiences are just anecdotes, but I knew a guy who was convinced the Hotel Room/Bellboy/Missing Dollar problem “broke maths”, and I’ve had countless frustrations with family members promoting homeopathy and acquaintances talking about chemical X being “one atom away from being bleach” like that doesn’t apply to water.

I’d be interested if anyone has done a real analysis of rates of armchair nonsense by sector.

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