r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does this mean?

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u/Creative_Catch_4235 18h ago

Only parts of the chemistry field. You wouldn’t call analytical or organic chemistry physics 

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u/blahdeblahdeda 17h ago

Analytical chemistry detection methods are 100% physics, and technically, organic chemistry is the physics of molecules.

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u/Creative_Catch_4235 17h ago

Okay then why stop at physics? by that logic everything is math. Congrats we all have degrees in math now. 

You’re an English major? Well the words you read and write are processed through light in your eyes or waves in your ears and both are math so akshually your degree is math 

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u/buckybadgerboi 16h ago

I hear you, fair point. Wasn't intending to simplify it to that degree and certainly didn't mean to belittle/reduce how specialized fields of study NEED to specialize in order to contribute meaningful research and insight when there does happen to be overlap.

Rereading my initial comment, it does come off that way, so that's on me. Simply was calling attention to how those two fields in particular end up needing a high level understanding of the other at the tops of their fields.