Physics and Politics

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The thing that really gets me is that a lot of people talk about how things like the theory of relativity or quantum physics is hard to understand, and I think most people would agree that in order to correctly apply these theories, you have to have some understanding of how it all operates.  But when it comes to things like economics and politics, which are dealing with much more complicated subjects (ie. people) there's just such an enormous sentiment of like 'oh, it's just common sense!  It's obvious!'  And that's just...very frustrating to me.  I think the way educational institutions structure and teach this material is partly to blame, but I also think there's more to it than that.  Another issue is that most of us absolutely do need to make decisions about these topics one way or another, whereas most of us don't necessarily have to directly ponder, say, how quantum superposition works.