Yes, it does. Faraday did not "explain" conduction. And you cannot "teach" the statistical thermodynamics of many interestng materials without it.
Your personally insulting and falsely condescending tone tell me you're not a person I'm interested in instructing any further--if you're even capable of receiving it. We're done here.
Well, thank heavens for that. Now you can get back to talking to your philodendron.