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Originally Posted by Jerry
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It is the right approach for the body of 'teaching knowledge'; but there is more than enough strangeness for research physicists to be in hyperchallenge mode: Questioning many assumptions down to the bare roots.
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Just on this point of strangeness consider the 'color confinement' in quantum mechanics. It has the same problem that galaxy rotations do. Beyond a certain point there is no change and then beyond that it becomes more likely to produce an anti-particle.
Big difference sure. But who is looking at symmetry and structure. Well astronomers are yes, but what about the hit it harder brigade. I won't even bother with the 'w' word.
High school physics maybe, but if it takes a year or more to train mathematicians to not see the obvious then full marks to the education system because it has worked.