Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

Re:Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand? by mdaniel on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:31PM (#32084988)

Then try a fun game: explain it to someone else, preferably outside of the problem domain. The premise you're capturing is great, because society benefits from your hard-won battle to distill that information into something that can be passed along to "future generations"

That's why I have the greatest respect for high quality documentation because a lot of energy went into crafting it

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand? by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:42PM (#32085175)

That's a good recommendation. On the other hand, there's an added difficulty for me to explain what I know because it's all in English and my native language is Greek. When I try to explain e.g. the subject of my PhD studies to my relatives or friends, I find that I simply do not have the Greek vocabulary to do it.

I started translating one of my papers in Greek just to address this limitation, but I guess I got bored and gave up midway.

I'm fine with explaining it all in English though. At the risk of inducing terminal boredom :)

[ Parent | on HN ]