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by Xcelerate 3952 days ago
I've had to unlearn and relearn chemistry like 7 times now (since quantum chemistry finally makes accurate quantitative predictions, I'll trust it for now...)

I know you can't teach third graders quantum mechanics, but I wish they at least wouldn't have taught me wrong stuff that became ingrained into my mind at an early age.

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Almost 20 years later, I distinctly remember my high school physics teacher standing at the front of the class on the first day and saying "Remember this: everything you will learn from me this year is wrong."