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Re:If you can’t tell a story about it, it isn’t real by wrp on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:43PM (#36427790)
A possibly related anecdote is one about Richard Feynman. When he tried and failed to write an accessible undergrad lecture about QCD(?), he told his colleagues that meant he/they didn't really understand it themselves.
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Re:If you can’t tell a story about it, it isn’t real by anonymouskimmer on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:02AM (#36427887)
"If you can't explain it you don't understand it" is something that people with good verbal skills say.
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