JacobEvans
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I'm very interested in learning about what topics/ideas/subjects in science and math students have the most difficulty comprehending. ( I really believe that what fuels many people to subscribe to the fallacious ideas of groups like Creationists, religious fundamentalists, Flat Earthers, etc is a simple misunderstanding of scientific explanation for things, as evidenced by the scientific illiteracy displayed by most adherents to those groups.)
So what were some things that you found to be difficult to grasp, and what major misconceptions did you subscribe to/form yourself?
Evolution was extremely difficult for me, and even today I still need to read over new material on the subject more than I would something on another biology topic. A simple question I always asked my biology teacher will sum up my most major flaw in understanding on the subject "How do animals know how to evolve/adapt, and why can't I evolve gills if I just lived in water my whole life" ( I am ashamed of my earlier self :cry: )
In physics, "All reactions have an equal and opposite reaction" led me to wonder how anything could move if that were true in the way I thought it meant. (This one I find understandable I didn't get, the wording is terribly confusing for someone not familiar with the Law already.)
So what were some things that you found to be difficult to grasp, and what major misconceptions did you subscribe to/form yourself?
Evolution was extremely difficult for me, and even today I still need to read over new material on the subject more than I would something on another biology topic. A simple question I always asked my biology teacher will sum up my most major flaw in understanding on the subject "How do animals know how to evolve/adapt, and why can't I evolve gills if I just lived in water my whole life" ( I am ashamed of my earlier self :cry: )
In physics, "All reactions have an equal and opposite reaction" led me to wonder how anything could move if that were true in the way I thought it meant. (This one I find understandable I didn't get, the wording is terribly confusing for someone not familiar with the Law already.)