The Undercover Scientist by Peter Bentley is not all that fascinating to read. It bascially tries to explain the science of everyday occurrences, which is enlightening if you happen to be very bored. (A little bit of chemistry and a little of physics, and a little bit of everything else.)But there is no relation to The Undercover Philosopher by Michael Philips.
The only thing that caught my attention was the mention of Singapore's ban of chewing gum in one of the chapters about what makes gum sticky. (You know our nation-state has made it when we get mentioned for such kind of things.)What I found funny was how chewing gum giant, Wrigley, managed to have gum listed on the Singapore-America Free Trade Agreement and lobbied the country to accept gum again after the 1992 ban.
Since 2004, gum was allowed again, but only for health reasons.
Maybe memorising useless facts such as these might be impressive if you can regurgitate them during dinner conversations and impress everyone how much you know about the world.
Sounds like a plan.
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