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Just by hanging out in the MCAT forum one witnesses almost hourly what little chemistry that many premeds know.
Here's one reason to learn chemistry:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2009/05/14/tms_diazomethane_update_on_a_fatality.php#396800
I bet 20 dollars that half the people here don't even know whether methylene chloride (I named it without having to Google it either) is an acid or a base. Methylene because it possesses the methylene radical, -CH2, and chloride, because, well, Cl.
In all seriousness, many premeds don't take chemistry seriously. At least in my experience. What about yours? Do you take chemistry seriously?
Here's one reason to learn chemistry:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2009/05/14/tms_diazomethane_update_on_a_fatality.php#396800
Jose's comment is right. When I was at Uni, a girl got a spill of CH2Cl2 in her eye, went to ER and the first question she had after explaining the incident was : is that a base or an acid?
These are all the premeds who we taught. See, they were only interested in what they needed to know for the next exam.
I bet 20 dollars that half the people here don't even know whether methylene chloride (I named it without having to Google it either) is an acid or a base. Methylene because it possesses the methylene radical, -CH2, and chloride, because, well, Cl.
In all seriousness, many premeds don't take chemistry seriously. At least in my experience. What about yours? Do you take chemistry seriously?