thebestaquaman

I have to admit it sounds stupid to deduct points for that anyway, a test should measure your ability to reason, not your ability to remember trivial formalities.

I have a masters degree in materials chemistry and engineering. When people find that out they often say stuff like "I could never understand that" or similar.

I am of the firm belief that I could teach anyone everything I know given enough time and motivation. The thing is, I don't think there's anything special about me that makes me capable of doing what I do, other than thinking chemistry is extremely interesting. I don't have a more capable brain or anything. I'm just a bit of a nerd.

I absolutely agree that way too many people have the misconception that you have to be "special" to do a lot of the things many people find hard. It's all about being interested enough to spend time learning it.

Maybe not your generic "discussions", but at c/askscience we can discuss interesting (and more or less absurd) scientific questions and hypotheticals, if you're into that kind of thing ;)

Great answer! I'm just commenting because I think this would be a question that would be nice to post on c/askscience where I regularly lurk and look for cool questions to answer, but where there aren't too many questions being asked yet :)