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Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic... by rch on Thursday August 11, 2016 @03:34PM (#12271016)
My experience has been that experts in most fields tend to shy away from using precise, professional language when speaking to a layperson. I think this tendency indirectly results in the sort of dialogs you're describing.
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Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic... by Xcelerate on Thursday August 11, 2016 @03:36PM (#12271029)
That's true, and being able to describe complex concepts in a simple (yet still accurate) way is a skill in itself — one that requires a lot of practice. Feynman was notoriously good at this.
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Re:What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physic... by unexistance on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:39PM (#12273270)
Given the rarity of such expert in any/all field, I'd dare say it's more like nature instead of nurture.

The best we can nurture is 'good' analogy, that still somewhat valid even if the analogy is expanded further

p/s: If only we have a list of Feynman-like experts in most of the fields :D

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