Re: Hey Mr. Hyde!

From: Evenbit (nbaker2328_at_charter.net)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 30 Mar 2004 20:51:27 -0800

"Beth" <BethStone21@hotmail.NOSPICEDHAM.com> wrote in message news:<rxW9c.68$xV6.66@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net>...
>
> Note, I don't think it's a "people sitting around a desk in an
> underground base" kind of conspiracy theory...but a conspiracy of

Auck!! You've found us! Time to relocate... ;-)

> yourself _WHY_ is electricity a topic that, unlike the rest of
> science, is regularly mistaught without the slightest complaint from
> the pedants: http://amasci.com/miscon/elect.html ...imagine having the
> need to similarly "debunk" the teaching of Newton's laws of motion or

Well, electricity was basically not taught period at my elementary and
high schools. Probably because they didn't have the funds for
laboratory equiptment and supplies. Heck, I don't remember anything
beyond the mere basics being present in the textbooks. But, I can
tell you that colleges and universities DO INDEED cover the subjects
appropriately -- especially since the students are required to take
chemistry and/or physical science classes the first year.

The following quote from the site you posted instills serious doubt
about the credability of the author:

"Electric charges are easily visible to human eyes, even though their
motion is not. When you look at a metal wire, you can see the charges
of electricity which flow during electric currents. They are
silvery/metallic in color. During an electric current, it is the
"silvery" stuff that flows along. All metals are full of charge,
that's why they appear metallic. During electric currents in metals,
the atoms stay still, but the silvery stuff flows slowly along."
http://amasci.com/miscon/eleca.html#invis

It is obvious the author has absolutely no understanding of the nature
of light.

L8r...

-
Nathan.