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Originally Posted by astroron
Steven, then let the mainstream scientist come up with something better 
Surely Brian Cox is a main stream scientist?,as is main job is as a particle physicist at CERN
If people want to understand more then they have the opportunity to do so.
Some people will always take things literally,re the use of the rubber sheet,magnetic field lines ect.
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Ron,
Brian Cox is a mainstream scientist, my point being that mainstream scientists have never been keen on one of their own to expressing theories in terms of analogies which could be misunderstood or are just plain irrelevant.
The example of the pretty girl A passing a ball to pretty girl B to simulate the creation of a photon to explain the electromagnetic force might be visually appealing for the male audience but very superficial in explaining what is actually going on.
Regards
Steven