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[โ€“] JDubbleu@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they don't understand it, and fearing something is much easier to do than to take second semester physics.

It's not second semester physics, though. It's like middle school nature & science class. It's part of understanding the base foundations of our modern world.

Not to mention, we've known about and actively used electromagnetic waves since the invention of radio (if we ignore light bulbs and visible light, of course)