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Letter: Understanding our understanding of physics (2)

Published 1 April 2026

From Robin Maguire, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Whiteson proposes that there may be multiple equally valid explanations for the workings of the universe. I have often wondered how differently our scientific outlook would have developed if Benjamin Franklin had picked an alternative convention for the flow of electrical fluid, leading to the electron being regarded as positive and the proton as negative.

Issue no. 3589 published 4 April 2026

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