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I think the main reason is that we can't physically interact with it with our hands. We don't play with it as children, the same way we do running water, throwi
by lawpoop 10y ago
I think the main reason is that we can't physically interact with it with our hands. We don't play with it as children, the same way we do running water, throwing rocks, etc. Anything that you can't manipulate or play around with is very hard to develop an intuitive sense of. It takes a lot of study and imagination.
- wolfgke 10y ago> We don't play with it as children, the same way we do running water Navier-Stokes equations are not easy to understand.
- lawpoop 10y agoThat's true, but people have been swimming, boating, and sailing for thousands of years before those equations were invented. We can develop an intuitive sense for that, because we have direct and visible interaction with those fluids.
- rootbear 10y agoI a sense, I DID play with electricity as a kid. My father was an Electrical Engineer and a Ham Radio operator, so we had "stuff" around the house. I learned to solder at a young age. Some time ago, I realized that one of the best toys I had as a kid was the controller for my HO train set. It had a Speed (voltage) lever and a Forward/Reverse lever. Basically, it was a safe, variable voltage DC power supply. I could play with switches and flashlight bulbs and small motors and learn how they work. I've recently gotten back into Electronics as a hobby and I'm having all sorts of fun with Arduinos and Pis and such.
- gozur88 10y agoBut even then it's not the same because you can't actually see the electricity. You can only see second order effects.