The Picard Maneuver to Science [email protected]English • 1 month agoDo you have what it takes to become a geologist?lemmy.worldmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11.06K
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minus-square🔍🦘🛎linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoGeology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoI have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoThey’re licking rocks and you’re worried about sanitation?!?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoI’d be more worried about sanitization if I’m licking a rock then if I’m not licking a rock, generally speaking.
minus-square🔍🦘🛎linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoIndividual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.
minus-squareGlimpythegoblin linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoUs geology students are bonded by blood. Once we all passed around a fragment of dinosaur bone and all stuck it to our tongue. Pre COVID mind you.
Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
I have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
They’re licking rocks and you’re worried about sanitation?!?
I’d be more worried about sanitization if I’m licking a rock then if I’m not licking a rock, generally speaking.
Individual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.
Us geology students are bonded by blood. Once we all passed around a fragment of dinosaur bone and all stuck it to our tongue. Pre COVID mind you.