Shared cultural knowledge can be both boon and bondage
A popular pie chart has been shared around the internet for the past couple of years, with the title ‘what I learned in organic chemistry’. Several small chunks of the pie are marked Iupac nomenclature, named reactions, poisons, functional groups and the like, depending on the version you see. At least three quarters of the chart is, of course, labelled ‘how to draw hexagons’.