16PennyNail, I get the sense you think I am arguing with you. I'm not. I'm trying to wrap my brain around what you are saying. What little physics (two semesters) I had as an undergrad was when dinosaurs roamed the planet. I realize there have been a lot of change since then.
My husband was a physics major so I had some exposure beyond the classes I took. I do know that advanced physics and mathematics looks kind magic to the rest of us. Hubby had a cartoon I think represents it. In the cartoon a person is standing in front of a blackboard that is covered with an equation. At the end of the equation it says "then a miracle occurs."