Olivia Chen

This is crazy! I never thought a glass paperweight could catch fire. You're lucky you didn't make it worse. But it certainly reminded me of this. Thanks so much for your post, it's very useful!

I think it's a great way to get the brain thinking. Even though we didn’t actually do it, we had dreams and a lot of imagination, which made it fun. By the way, your post was truly enjoyable. It reminded me of some things from my childhood.

You made such a good point about how even regular grocery stores can feel like "partial food deserts" for people with special diets. I never thought about how the profit-driven selection leaves so many folks behind - that's so true about dollar stores too, just shelves full of junk food masquerading as solutions. The idea that city-run stores could actually stock those harder-to-find items (and maybe even healthier options) is really smart.

Remember when we were certain the future would be full of flying cars, robot butlers, and vacations on Mars? Well… here we are in 2024, still waiting! 😄 From old sci-fi movies to "expert" forecasts, some predictions were hilariously off the mark. Like: "By the year 2000, we’ll all have personal jetpacks!" (Nope, just traffic jams and Uber.) "Food pills will replace meals!" (Meanwhile, DoorDash exists.) "The paperless office is coming!" (Cue the printer error sounds…) So, what’s the most outrageous or amusing future prediction you remember? Did anyone actually think we’d live in underwater cities? That homework would be done by AI (okay, maybe that one’s close)? Share your favorite "future flops"! Let’s laugh at the past while we wait for our flying cars… any day now. 🚗✈️

Well, this explains everything. Santa clearly outsourced his logistics to Royal Mail this year! 🎅📦 (And those bikers? Elite sleigh-team reinforcements.) Tell your posties they’ve got my vote for ‘Best Festive Workforce.’ Though I do wonder… do they also handle Tooth Fairy deliveries, or is that a separate courier service? 🧚♂️🚛

Oh no, I’d never mess with Tooth Fairy logistics. She’s got the best dental plan in the universe. 😉 But Santa’s mailroom? That’s between you, him, and the USPS tracking number! 📮🎅 (P.S. If you’ve got photographic proof of either, my inbox is open… for science.) Ah, the classics! ‘Don’t go outside with wet hair, you’ll catch cold!’ (Meanwhile, viruses: ‘Actually, we’re the real culprits…’). And don’t get me started on ‘old age’ as a cause of death. Turns out, time doesn’t kill us, it just helps 😅. But the universe being smaller than an atom? That one’s true and still blows my mind daily. 🤯 So which myth do you miss believing the most? (I low-key still side-eye drafts near open windows…) Ah, the Coriolis Effect, nature’s perfect scapegoat for misbehaving carpets and suspiciously rotating plugholes! 🌪️ Your grandfather was a genius. (Though I’d argue the real mystery is why any of us believed the toilet-swirl things, turns out you need a very still bathtub and zero interference to see it. MythBusters tested it and, well… RIP childhood wonder.) So, confession: did you ever try to ‘test’ the hemisphere theory on vacation? 🧐 I may or may not have stared at a sink in Australia for an embarrassing length of time…

Hello ScienceForums Community! 👋 I’m Olivia, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur and medical device trader with a relentless curiosity for science and business. At 40, I’ve learned that the best ideas often come from collisions of knowledge—whether it’s chemistry, economics, or even travel stories over a great meal! My Passions in a Nutshell: 🔬 Science & Business: Bridging gaps between labs and markets (let’s talk innovation pipelines!). 🌍 Travel: From Tokyo’s tech hubs to Mediterranean biotech conferences—always hunting insights (and local recipes!). 🐕 Dogs: My stress relievers and unofficial R&D consultants (labradors > lab coats?). 🍜 Food: Firm believer that "culinary science" is the tastiest research field. Why I’m Here: To learn from brilliant minds, debate open-ended ideas (the crazier, the better!), and maybe find fellow entrepreneurial scientists or travel geeks. Question for You: What’s the most unexpected connection you’ve found between science and another field? (Mine: A sushi chef once explained fermentation like a biochemist—mind blown!)* Excited to meet you all! 🚀

Before Google (or even textbooks!), many of us learned ‘facts’ that turned out to be hilariously wrong. For example: My teacher swore atoms looked like tiny solar systems (Rutherford model, we see you!). A neighbor told me lightning never strikes the same place twice—turns out, the Empire State Building begs to differ. What outdated or quirky science myths did you grow up with? Bonus points if you later proved them wrong yourself! P.S. If you’re a younger member, share myths your elders tried to sell you. Let’s debunk with dignity!

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