This makes me sad.
I personal passion led me into this realm of science, among others. When I am explaining my framework to people they are all in. Then they start reading my monograph and they either ignore me from that point on or try and argue that I am wrong and use my chosen profession as a cheap out of the conversation. I also get the “you’re just an independent researcher” so I must be wrong.
I have come to discover my lack of formal research knowledge due to getting a professional degree rather than a scientific one, I blurred the lines and did not stay in one discipline to answer my question. Most people have zero knowledge of what a dashpot is or even the name James Clerk Maxwell.
Then to discover this subreddit is empty…