ElI5 : How do we explain the flow of current? As in, how does current flow in the direction opposite to electrons?

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ElI5 : How do we explain the flow of current? As in, how does current flow in the direction opposite to electrons?

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Electrons flow, that’s how it works. But, electrons are “negative” so conventional current “flows” in the opposite “positive” direction. There was a 50/50 chance that the convention established with static charge, decades before the electron was discovered, would be right. We lost that one.