If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it

Re:If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t... by jfoutz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @06:19PM (#14564940)

I dunno. I learned more about light from [1] than anything else i'd ever read or saw. Am i an expert? hell no. I do have a far, far better handle on how lenses and mirrors work though. I think you'd be hard pressed to claim that either qed isn't that complicated, or, this lecture does a bad job of describing it.

Although, i would agree that some experts do a bad job of explaining things. They're still experts. I think you'd agree that non-experts don't really have a chance at explaining things.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQ2atfqk2c

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Re:If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t... by keithnz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @06:24PM (#14564982)

that's arguing for the reverse of the rule, you can't explain something simply if you don't understand it. But that doesn't imply the reverse case.

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