re: #174 ggt

Actually, I think I would have liked chemistry. Never took it in HS. I think it was a mistake.

I thought it was quite interesting in HS as well. So I started in college as a Chemical Engineer. And floundered quite badly facing organic chemistry, integral calculus, and thermodynamics (all hit at the same time.)

Organic chemistry is a complex mess compared to the simpler stuff in inorganic chemistry. One of the results of evolution settling for “good enough” solutions. And the fact that for most of the “rules” in inorganic chemistry there are one or two exceptions - and you get tested on knowing the exceptions.