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If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You predict what alchemical recipes do without doing them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah im not sure that would count against the charges of witchcraft lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Another chemist nailed it. Just say you're an alchemist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

"I try to find out stuff about the world, specifically about materials, using complicated machines that help me do the calculations"