https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/06/socratic-grilling/

Imagine an kid in school first hearing about germ theory. The conversation might go something like this:

Teacher: Many diseases like the common cold are spread by germs, when one infected person contacts another.

Student: But I got a cold a few weeks ago, and I never touch anyone except my family members. And none of them were sick.

Teacher: You don’t need to actually touch someone. Sometimes it can spread through mucus droplets in the a