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I actually talked to a

Submitted by jrlewis on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 3:51pm.

I actually talked to a woman, who was afraid to major in chemistry because she couldn't accept that atoms were concrete not abstract objects.  She became a math major because there are many concrete concepts in math.  Unlike in science, math has proofs, truths, and universal statements. 

Different people are comfortable eith different subjects.  Or was her career a result of a failure in her science education?

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