That’s too strong a claim; working it out for oneself from the intuitions available at the time probably makes good experience for a scientist, and it’s too bad we lack it. That being said, it will in fact take a lot more effort for that one benefit, and we should see if there’s a Third Alternative between being spoon-fed conclusions with tidy derivations, and trying to recapitulate the entire history of physics.
That’s too strong a claim; working it out for oneself from the intuitions available at the time probably makes good experience for a scientist, and it’s too bad we lack it. That being said, it will in fact take a lot more effort for that one benefit, and we should see if there’s a Third Alternative between being spoon-fed conclusions with tidy derivations, and trying to recapitulate the entire history of physics.