I can hear this post in their voices. Maybe I’ve seen the movie too many times…nah

  • Carnelian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s taught because it’s a convenient way to teach children the scientific method, and has some practical benefit in low stakes problem solving. Those who progress beyond the basics realize there is more to physics than predicting the final destination of a billiards ball in a perfectly frictionless vacuum.

    Although if you want to believe everything you learned in high school is the Truth with a capital T then you do you. Explains a lot actually