> To me this seems like something one would use as an example in a physics lecture to show when certain assumptions are necessary and when they aren't. IMO, th

> To me this seems like something one would use as an example in a physics lecture to show when certain assumptions are necessary and when they aren't. IMO, that's the perfect use of this thought experiment. In fact, I dare say if there are more examples like this, where laying out basic clear assumptions and following the model through its rules leads to an answer that is clearly wrong, then this example and those other examples of that type should probably make up a series of lectures in a course (or subsection thereof) on model use. It seems to me that plenty of people pick up on what models are and how to use them. It seems less people internalize, "All models are wrong. Some models are useful."