A lot of people don’t understand electricity, but they use it all the time. Normally I’d agree with this approach: know enough so you can make good use of it, and for the most part, I’ve done that in this course. However, because this is such an advanced course specifically in electricity, I want to make sure we’ve busted the main myths out there around electricity, Over the years, I’ve heard many different ideas folks have about electricity, and at some level, it’s really not their fault for these misconceptions because they are still so popular.
It’s important as a scientist that you question not only what you know but how you know what you know. This will lead you to the truth about how things work, and not just what most people think the reason is (which isn’t usually correct). Here are a couple of mainstream ones that still persist today:
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