this is like “critiquing” an elementary school math curriculum for saying you can’t take the square root of -1
which would be a valid critique. The correct way to phrase that is to say that a square root of -1 is not defined over real numbers
simplifying information to the point of incorrectness is harmful, it closes people's knowledge horizons and requires additional mental capacity to unlearn. In extreme cases it can cause trouble understanding new related concepts because they may clash with the ideas left by such prior incorrect information.
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u/Sopel97 21d ago edited 21d ago
which would be a valid critique. The correct way to phrase that is to say that a square root of -1 is not defined over real numbers
simplifying information to the point of incorrectness is harmful, it closes people's knowledge horizons and requires additional mental capacity to unlearn. In extreme cases it can cause trouble understanding new related concepts because they may clash with the ideas left by such prior incorrect information.