Lenin was correct when describing The Economist as “a journal which speaks for British millionaires”, but honestly this cover goes HARD

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    2 years ago

    Are you really going for the fact that they aren’t using s,d,p orbits? You can still use a simple orbital map where it’s practical to do so, the only thing that maters at most levels is the outside orbital and how far it is from complete in which direction. But it’s an artistic depiction of an atom. You can find pictures that have the same structure. It’s meant to be immediately recognizable. If you were going to be critical it would be for how bloated the nucleus is. You wouldn’t do that though because it’s an artistic depiction. It’s not trying to convey an accurate model of an atom. It’s trying to model a geopolitical relation while harking to the atomic model.

    First you misidentify it as planetary and now you’re saying that the problem is that it isn’t accurate enough. Talk about a headache

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      2 years ago

      Dude I was making a joke about how that article about Chinese politics is totally not based in reality and neither is their cover image.

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        2 years ago

        Better to drop it. You made a dumb comment. We all do it. Trying to defend a bad position is a bad habit.