" "Opposites charges attract; like charges repel" is a long-held fundamental principle of physics that you might have heard at school, but your teacher may have

" "Opposites charges attract; like charges repel" is a long-held fundamental principle of physics that you might have heard at school, but your teacher may have been wrong.". Actually there are assumptions left undiscussed for simplicity in communicating the concept. such as, -between point charges in vacuum the article talks about what amounts to caging of anions in solvent.