It was back when I was studying physics and the common encountered duality problem, like the wave-particle duality. Anyways, some great physicist( probably Feynman or Einstein) was asked a question, that given 2 opposing, yet equally valid theories, which one was correct. He replied 'both'. His point being that when you encounter such inconsistencies, it almost always means that you are overlooking a solution, that allows both views to be considered correct. It reminds me of the recent XY-problem node.
The best physics solution(in my limited experience) which incorporated this, and I still boggle my mind when I contemplate it, is the D'Alembertian (my spelling my be off ). It's a 4-dimensional equation which represents all 4 of Maxwell's equations in a single 4-dimensional operator statement, of the form 'del'(phi)= theta. IIRC
The jist of the whole thing is that we are commonly taught that the electric and magnetic are different entities. But the equation shows that they are the same stuff, just viewed from a different space-time perspective. Thinking about it is about all I need to start drifting off into never-never land. :-)
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