31 December 2017 - teach quantum theory

Why don’t we teach quantum mechanics to school children? I think it is for the same reason that we don’t teach them Bayesian statistics, even though it is more useful than dividing fractions; it is thought too difficult. The reasoning is backward. The formal details of quantum theory are complicated, but that can wait until the 10th year or so when kids are ready. The underlying ideas seem difficult only because they are counterintuitive, and nothing that you learn young enough is counterintuitive.