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This whole time I thought the biohazard symbol was supposed to be abstractly evocative of a microscope with three lenses, seen as if you were looking up from th
by rdiddly 9y ago
This whole time I thought the biohazard symbol was supposed to be abstractly evocative of a microscope with three lenses, seen as if you were looking up from the slide/stage. Indicating, I supposed, something dangerous that you need a microscope to see. I thought "Hey that's a cool way to convey that idea graphically."
Well, come to find out they were trying to have it not refer to anything. So it becomes just another example of how we (well, I) love to find meaning where there is none.
Examples, none of which is from the right angle:
http://www.scienceprofonline.com/images/science-image-library/microbiology/equipment/microscope-40x-objective-SIL.jpg http://www.scienceprofonline.com/images/science-image-librar...
https://abm-website-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/pharmpro.com/s3fs-public/featured_image/2016/04/Lens-of-microscope.jpg https://abm-website-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/pharmpro.com/s3f...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/232/512560597_fa29e4d5a4.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/232/512560597_fa29e4d5a4.jpg
This one's closer to the angle but has four lenses:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/detail-microscope-3429613.jpg https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/detail-microscope-3429613.jp...
- scrumper 9y agoI always thought it was deliberately designed to invoke beetle pincers, or bug jaws.
- abecedarius 9y agoYeah, spiky evokes sharp and maybe poisonous.