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Your last two paragraphs are, I believe, the crux of my own argument. Sure, matrices aren’t even commutative, and complex numbers have their own quirks because
by spacedcowboy 6y ago
Your last two paragraphs are, I believe, the crux of my own argument. Sure, matrices aren’t even commutative, and complex numbers have their own quirks because of i^2 == -1, but these concepts build on the earlier axioms the kid has learnt. Our entire education system is built on “lies-to-children”, and as you progress they point out that what you comfortably believed was a gross simplification. This is no different.
- eternalban 6y agoSpeaking of “lies to children”, and since you are a physicist, it was only in my last year studying EE that Feynman’s QED came my way and just imagine my surprise on finding that photons do not travel in a straight line. (I do agree with your pedagogical position.)