Qasim Rashid, Esq.

[Scene: Dinner time, kids eating pizza]

7 year old: What is water made of?
9 year old: H2O

7: What is H2O made of?
9: Atoms

7: What are atoms made of?
9: Protons electrons and neutrons

7: What are Protons electrons and neutrons made of?
9: Quarks

7: What are quarks made of?
9: Vibrating strings probably

7: What are strings made of?
9: I don’t know

7: …Pizza?
9: 🤦🏽‍♂️

And that’s what happens when a kid with imagination questions a kid with science.😅

Feb 26, 2023 at 2:04amMastodon for iOS
Show threadgarpuFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid It's just pizzas all the way down.
Show threadSteve RehrauerFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid Pizza all the way down!
Show threadLaPingvino 🟙 Feb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid almost, of course the answer is pizzaz.
Show threadPeteFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

This relates nicely to #RichardFeynman's explanation of why ice is slippery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA

Richard Feynman. Why.

YouTube
Show threadKevin RussellFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

Excellent excellent recapitulation of the science, except that string theory is no longer being investigated as a potential explicative of quarks by prof. cooper, because sheldon's time is too valuable. Even with extra cheese.

Show threadJim BroadusFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid ahh. Pizza theory.
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid But that’s not really science. Those are answers (models really) which are the product of science.
If the conversation was:
kid: “what’s water made of?”
adult: “I don’t know. Want to find out?”
kid: “Okay, how?”
adult: “Let’s try an experiment…”
<science begins here….>
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 26, 2023
@CWilbur I bet you are a blast at parties.
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid Is that your theory?
Well there’s been some science on that & it’s pretty clear that looks alone don’t ensure party popularity. 🤷‍♂️
Show threadjaunteFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

Sadly, the bird pedantry is migrating over here too.

Show threadCromleyFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid I want to live in 7's world
Show threadChris LeeceFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid Love this interaction…kids are so curious and it always makes me smile. Plus…pizza!
Show threadAnna PanekFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

certainly impressed about a 9 years old knowing about Quarks and Strings.
I do hope in the school teaching that in this age, they don`t forget to teach what atoms a bullet is made of and why it has no business entering a human body and why in a civilization people don`t run around with things propelling such bullets if they`re not in a war on home ground or in a civil war.

Show threadTazorFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

The 9 yr old knows of quarks and string theory? At that age I only knew of GI Joe and Transformers, hehe.

Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 26, 2023
@Tazor right? Same. We’re just trying to foster his love of science. It’s a lot of fun.
Show threadTazorFeb 26, 2023

@QasimRashid

Yeah, pour on the information and education if the kids are interested.

Show threadEarthOneFeb 26, 2023
@Tazor @QasimRashid That is my reaction. At 7 I was stuck with Bible Belt science: the universe is infinite and God created it for just us! (Thank god I reached 16 and said, that makes no sense.)
Show threadCa_DreFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid
We have evolved from science when I was nine…
My science teacher’s answer to repeated questions was “God made it that way”
but in his defense, that is probably all he had in the 1960s/70s.
(All my teachers were unlicensed men on draft deferment instead of going to Vietnam).
Show threadEarthOneFeb 26, 2023
@Ca_Dre @QasimRashid Exactly, except I got the '50s version of science: Blind Faith, don't ask questions.
Show threadEarthOneFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid Or that's what happens when a 7 yr. old and 9 yr. old are actually well educated. Very impressive.
Show threadEmperor Joshua Norton IIFeb 26, 2023
@QasimRashid This must be the string cheese theory I've heard so much about.
Show threadRyoboFeb 27, 2023
@QasimRashid I like to say "math" instead of strings. Then math is also made of math.