I’ve recently seen a survey about what parents tell their children when asked why the sky is blue. While I’m not terribly surprised that no-one answered “because of Rayleigh scattering”, lots of parents answered “no-one knows”, gave some handwaving bullshit explanation, told the child to ask the other parent, or tried to change the subject, and hardly any said “I don’t know, but I’m going to look it up”.
I’ve recently seen a survey about what parents tell their children when asked why the sky is blue. While I’m not terribly surprised that no-one answered “because of Rayleigh scattering”, lots of parents answered “no-one knows”, gave some handwaving bullshit explanation, told the child to ask the other parent, or tried to change the subject, and hardly any said “I don’t know, but I’m going to look it up”.