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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It’s just a definition issue but it washes out
Conventional current is written assuming a flow of positive charges from the positive terminal of a battery headed to the negative
Actual current flow is electron movement of negative charges going from negative to positive but since they are moving in the opposite direction *and* have opposite charge it cancels out and the math works out the same
You can treat current as positively charged pixies leaving the positive terminal (holes) or negatively charged pixies leaving the negative terminal (electrons) and the math works the same so we just work in conventional current and generally ignore actual electron movement
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