JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-squaremessage-square402fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down17
arrow-up1269arrow-down1message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square402fedilink
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoI am a computational chemist so… Not sure how you would translate that so that someone from the 1700s would understand but whatever it is would get me burned as a witch.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoYou predict what alchemical recipes do without doing them
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoYeah im not sure that would count against the charges of witchcraft lol
minus-squareSirsirsalot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoAnother chemist nailed it. Just say you’re an alchemist.
minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago“I try to find out stuff about the world, specifically about materials, using complicated machines that help me do the calculations”
I am a computational chemist so… Not sure how you would translate that so that someone from the 1700s would understand but whatever it is would get me burned as a witch.
You predict what alchemical recipes do without doing them
Yeah im not sure that would count against the charges of witchcraft lol
Another chemist nailed it. Just say you’re an alchemist.
“I try to find out stuff about the world, specifically about materials, using complicated machines that help me do the calculations”