Poll: Have you heard of Dalton’s law and the principle of partial pressure? If so, where/when did you learn it?
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There’s a bunch of “charismatic megascience” stuff that non-STEM people hear about like theory of relativity and e=mc^2 but the 90% of mundane shit STEMmies pick up over 8 years of high school and undergrad is basically alien territory for 2/3 of the population.
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... were you in India?
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HS, for me, but that was early-mid 80s, & a specialist school (Stuyvesant, NYC). Didn’t end up using IRL until 90s for paintball type stuff. I didn’t realize it was ‘obscure’ to so many either. Kinda sad. Curious about your intended metaphor.
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Partial pressure of all the projects you’re doing adds up to total mental pressure you’re under

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Wanted to use it as a metaphor for a piece. Didn’t realize it was that obscure.
I think I learned it in 8th grade by which time I think STEM kids were already on a separate track. For the curious ones: