First off, let me offer you an apology for the drama that's occurred in the thread.
Somehow my simple question about how something that seems to be supernatural has turned into a some weird dogmatic argument.
I get that you didn't get it.
The reason why it became dogmatic is because a lot of folks think it's elementary that current flows due to a voltage difference. Somewhere in trying to convey what aspects of that you didn't understand and their explanations to help you "get it" just didn't mesh. I think a part of that was you believed it to be a myth while asking the question if it was real.
Last night I was chastised and "banned for two weeks" because I was not "interested in learning"
Did you notice your ban ended early two weeks early?
That's because the moderators and Will reviewed the thread and ultimately decided you were interested in learning and reversed it.
To the moderator who banned you, it looked like you were trolling to create drama. We do ban trolls and a number of other bad behaviors that are spelled out in the terms and conditions of membership.
Being a moderator is hard, we have to make judgment calls. We do this without pay, after a long day at work, when the kids are acting up, on the weekends, and probably worse. We do it because we're trying to help people.
We're not always right, but we try to keep things civil so people get the help they need.
...Nobody seems to understand what I am trying to say, regardless of how I try to explain what my question is. Look at how I write. I am more literate and grammatically diligent than most, am I not?
Regardless of skill, if no one is understanding you it's often best to wait a day and think about what they're saying and what you're saying to try to figure out where the mismatch is and how to resolve the misunderstanding. In my experience, while I'm thinking about that, someone else usually comes along and gets it, they might even provide a response that provides that
eureka moment of clarity where everything gels. I think this happened for you with
@upnorthandpersonal's post and thank him for his post.
Perhaps it is because the question to even be a question is so ridiculous that it just goes over everyones' head. It is exposing some apparent common myth that seemingly is accepted as reality.
Most questions are not ridiculous. If you don't understand then you don't understand.
But, extraordinary claims (e.g., it's a myth two batteries in parallel constitute a closed circuit and current won't flow from high-to-low voltage) require extraordinary proof, and those were not offered.
...have a four year Bachelor of Science degree (as well as British A Levels in the social sciences), am a licenced radio technician, a retired computer engineer, am widely regarded as intellectually gifted...
That you didn't get "being in parallel" constitutes a "closed circuit" escaped most members' thoughts as they consider that elementary. That you are gifted just increased the incredulity and solidified the idea that you were trolling.
We are trusting that you weren't trolling, but sadly there are plenty of anarchists that do try to do nothing more with their intelligence than to stir up trouble. I hope that you do accept my apology and join the community as there is always a lot we can learn from one another.
...at that point it seems to have become personal to "Snoobler", the acting moderator who decided to go all *** about it.
Being disrespectful is against the rules, and your post was edited to remove the rude remark. If someone is disrespectful of you then report the post and it'll be dealt with.
Hopefully you will in time come to appreciate the moderators. We try to do a good job, but we're only human too.