EM fields are to space what music is to strings and skins and lips. Atoms are symphonies stuck in a single concert hall
While I understand the need to simplify things for children who do not have enough prerequisite knowledge to otherwise understand science, “dumbing it down” is what has made me - and many more - believe that electricity works just like water. This has made it so difficult for me to “transition” into seeing electricity for what it actually is: electric fields generated by slightly moving electrons. I shouldn’t have chosen music as a major. 😂
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s how electromagnetism works. Electrical current consists of electrons flowing “in reverse”
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I understand how to wire switches in my house, and that’s good enough for me.
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Fair enough! I wired some PC chassi fans to a DC power adapter so that I could power them with the power outlet. And while that’s good enough for me in practice, my curious brain won’t stop bogging me until I learn it all. 🤣