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[โ€“] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is a perfectly acceptable question in a science course. Just because you don't have the experience, knowledge, or, barring those two, even just the imagination to understand how a question might apply doesn't make it strange or dumb. It does speak volumes about you, though.

[โ€“] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Citing a psychology paper from 1912 is risky business. Young people don't know precisely when each particular science caught up to the current paradigm.