You're right about the common knowledge part, I remember not talking about the Standard Model [1] in school despite it being the foundation of all matter and in

You're right about the common knowledge part, I remember not talking about the Standard Model [1] in school despite it being the foundation of all matter and interaction (except the parts we observe and can't explain with it). That's unfortunate, but admittedly I'm a bit biased (did my PhD in theoretical particle physics). [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model