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Originally Posted by ApK
You ARE making that up, right?
How can someone that stupid survive to adulthood?
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He did ask. Does it surprise me? No. A lot of people have trouble grasping the concept of electrical conduction. Not understanding why plastic/wooden/glass/etc light fixtures do not have to be grounded and why a lot of metal ones do have to be grounded. Even after explaining it.
I do blame our education system. We do get some education about electricity. During physics they go into the details (eg how does an electrical system in house works in diagrams) without teaching the basics (like conductivity). During the first couple of years in secondary school they also teach a class where you do some wood and metal work and other manual tasks, like design a model of a house of cardboard. I think that this is the best class to teach some more practical things; like how to change a plug, install a wall socket, etc.
Mind you, my physics teacher was convinced that halogen and CFL was exactly the same thing. So it doesn't surprise me people don't know the basics like what conducts electricity and what doesn't.