> This begs the question the video is trying to answer. Imagine you have no experience or knowledge of what electricity is or how it works. Then you learn the bare basics. You might have this same question, "how does it 'know' which path has the least resistance?"
You're still saying "path of least resistance" though.
A very important part of the answer is that it doesn't find it. All paths carry electricity.
So "take all paths" isn't begging the question, it's correcting the question, and "weighted by resistance" isn't begging the question, it's giving a pretty easy answer to anyone that understands the concept of "resistance" in a non-electrical sense that some paths let things through more easily than others.
And if you have a bunch of stubs, the electricity does go onto them. It just gets stuck at the end.
You're still saying "path of least resistance" though.
A very important part of the answer is that it doesn't find it. All paths carry electricity.
So "take all paths" isn't begging the question, it's correcting the question, and "weighted by resistance" isn't begging the question, it's giving a pretty easy answer to anyone that understands the concept of "resistance" in a non-electrical sense that some paths let things through more easily than others.
And if you have a bunch of stubs, the electricity does go onto them. It just gets stuck at the end.