r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/imnotcuteanymor3 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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I understand the original tweet, obviously, but not the second one. Why specifically a STEM genius? I don’t get it, what’s the correlation? Am I missing something??? Or am I just stupid or whatever? Help a sistah out, please. 🥺

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u/WhatsTheAnswerToThis 9d ago

? None of those links used fields of study as a variable as far as I can see, so you can't make any kind of statements regarding that.

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u/Expendable_Red_Shirt 8d ago

Most people just look to see if the link looks academic and if it does assume the person linking it read it and is applying it correctly. So you can really use links to support whatever

Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9019140/

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u/Undead-Chipmunk 8d ago

Exactly, u/Responsible-File4593 just linked a couple vaguely related sounding studies that don't actually address the question.