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![[Ponytail and Cueball are talking. Ponytail has her hand raised, palm up, towards Cueball.]
Ponytail: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us geochemists, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars.
Cueball: And quartz, of course.
Ponytail: Of course.
[Caption below the panel]
Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wdf3laneizjpmm3l5jvce6vl/bafkreiarxpha556ne5yeezyurqg7bmg2i3rcxpunurfgs3ipdti37b6vta)
data science lecturer, data analyst, cartographer, budding sabremetrician http://dsollberger.com