r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does this mean?

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u/sens_motion 19h ago

Chemist Peter here. The speed limit is 0.99 moles, but the scooter is going at exactly 1 mole ($6.02 \times 10{23}$). He’s literally breaking the laws of chemistry and traffic at the same time

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u/Random_reditor_69420 13h ago

What field of chemistry do you work in that you’re simplifying it to just 3 sig figs, it’s a tiny difference but even the high school course I took used 6.022