Tensor Notation Genius, Communication Disaster

Tensor Notation Genius, Communication Disaster
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The classic physicist's paradox: capable of condensing the fundamental laws of electromagnetism into tensor notation but completely incapable of explaining what they actually mean to another human being. Those beautiful Maxwell equations—the mathematical poetry that describes how electricity and magnetism dance together—reduced to elegant tensor form that would make Einstein proud. Yet ask the same physicist to explain it in plain English, and suddenly they're as confused as a cat in a bathtub. This is why physicists make terrible dinner party guests unless you enjoy conversations that start with "it's actually quite simple" and end with everyone staring blankly at napkin equations.

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