No matter how intelligent you are, there’s always a chance a word will escape your brain right when you need it the most.
A recent Twitter thread, started by Paul Coxon — a physicist in materials science at the University of Cambridge — proved that not even scholars with impressive degrees are immune to forgetting words.
On Monday, Coxon tweeted to his thousands of followers to explain that even though he has a PhD in physics, he had a brain freeze and “forgot the word for photon.” Instead of remembering on the spot, he was forced to describe “photon” as “a shiny crumb” in front of his colleagues. Embarrassing! Read more…
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