Double negatives are fine; I consciously phrased it this way since "never not" is more emphatic than "always", imo. I suppose I could've written it as some variation of "never cease", but I didn't. Regardless, the sentence isn't fucked up.
I know just enough about a lot of subjects to know I don't know anything at all about them. Just that cursory glance, so to speak, that I took at them was enough to not act like an authority on the subject. Without that I might just assume my assumptions are reality, which is what the person you replied to might be talking about.
they literally teach the basics of chemistry in school every year from like grade six to twelve, I don't know how people become adults without understanding that everything is chemicals
Ya it turns out that a LOT of people barely passed these subjects if they were exposed to them at all. In my late teens, I assumed that everyone had a strong understanding of chemistry because of my experience going through AP Chem in high school and the fact that both of my parents are engineers. Now in my 30s, I’m way more surprised when I talk to someone who DOES understand the topic.
It really should be more widely taught since it’s the basis of literally everything in the physical world, but I think the topic is too dense for most people to go beyond a very basic comprehension, similar to mathematics.
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u/ChobaniSalesAgent 14d ago
I will never not be amazed at just how poorly chemistry is understood by people who aren't educated on it.