Teachers taught us the 3 states of matter, but there’s a 4th called plasma. Why weren’t we taught all 4 around the same time?

Question

Teachers taught us the 3 states of matter, but there’s a 4th called plasma. Why weren’t we taught all 4 around the same time?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

One could argue there are more than 4 actually. But understanding them would require a high level physics so the easy ones are taught instead.

Google superfluidity videos if you are interested in something almost fictional.