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Originally Posted by sjastro
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 |
So if it was two men passing the ball,would have that made any difference
Was the illustration wrong or irrelevant in your opinion Steven?
Albert Einstein was also very prolific in his popularizing of physics and at times was also frowned up on by Mainstream Science.
He used props to demonstrate his point.
Cheers
