Wow. Thanks for your worry, but it's not a problem. I do understand the difference, and yet it doesn't have anything to do with the argument I'm making, which is about presentation.
> It's not even a good lie-to-children, as it doesn't help predict or understand any part of the system at any level.
...which is irrelevant in the context. I get the meta-point that you're (sort of) making that you can't shut your brain off and just hope the bot spits out 100% pedantic explanations of scientific phenomenon. That's true, but also...fine?
These things are spitting out probable text. If (as many have observed) this is a common enough explanation to be in textbooks, then I'm not particularly surprised if an LLM emits it as well. The real question is: what happens when you prompt it to go deeper?