Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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A biomedical science degree does not necessarily mean you have a grasp of basic mathsMrs SLVA is a medical lab assistant and had to make up some solution or other. A bio-medical scientist (BMS) told her it's a 1:2 solution.
Wife: "So, 100ml of chemical to 200ml of water?"
BMS: "No, 100ml of each"
Wife: "But that's a 1:1 solution"
BMS: "No, it's a 1:2 solution, you use 100ml of chemical and you get 200ml of solution"
Wife: "That's not how ratios work. 1:2 means 100ml of chemical and 200ml of water"
BMS: "no it isn't"
Wife: "Yes it is."
BMS: "No it isn't" (with an air of I've got a degree in medical science and get paid way more than you do.)
Wife: "Ok, so what amounts would make a 1:1?" (with an air of I know what I'm fucking talking about and I've only got a C at GCSE Biology and a D in maths)
BMS: You can't have a 1:1 solution
Mrs SLVA face-palmed so much that she actually beat her face into the shape of a wok.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 12:37,
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depends, as I imagine this was a conversation, rather than written down?1 IN 2 he's right. 1 TO 2 she is.
a 1 in 1 solution is just pure.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:18,
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They could both be right..Depending on whether it was a dilution ratio or dilution factor. Obviously if it was a dilution factor, then the BMS was right; you can't have a solution with no solvent!
For what it's worth, I've never encountered anything other than dilution factors in lab protocols.
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Yeah...This sort of happens to me every now and then. I call it a brain-fart. Still, I wouldn't have been quite as prickish/thick as this.
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This is what I was thinkingIt depends on whether you're talking about the ratio if solute to solvent or of solute to solution
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pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 9:00,
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My head hurts. This is why math should be banned.(
BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 16:51,
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prol BMSis having the same story saying how your wife is a thicko. Makes you think, yeah?
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:18,
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