You might have something there; I can't explain this thread...
What if you can't explain it?
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Jan 27, 2018
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EscherehcsE wrote:
You might have something there; I can't explain this thread...
When I try to explain something that I've never explained before, I struggle. Do you do that as well?
Jan 27, 2018
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SmellGibson wrote:
The answer is really simple: extreme case of halitosis. har har
Richard Feynman said if you can't explain that simply then don't because you've just confused me by using the word I don't know "halitosis" and no looking it up would not make it better.
Why go to college to learn enough astrophysics to launch a space ship? If the professor can't explain it to me in 10 minutes without me needing to take the classes, then the professor does not understand it. Why take a class from someone who does not understand it?
Jan 27, 2018
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Chesserroo2 wrote:
Why go to college to learn enough astrophysics to launch a space ship? If the professor can't explain it to me in 10 minutes without me needing to take the classes, then the professor does not understand it. Why take a class from someone who does not understand it?
Professors know for a fact that the subject can be taught in 10 minutes they are just required to extend the lecture to 2 hours long based on school guidelines.
Jan 27, 2018
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SmellGibson wrote:
Richard Feynman also said that also said that the technology we create would never be used against us. har har I totally believe him. He is totally right. If you don't believe me look up his lecture on youtube.
Why would you end your thought with the assumption that we don't already know this?
Jan 27, 2018
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SmellGibson wrote:
I just wanted to show you how everything he says is "correct".
He was wrong on a fact but his principle on teaching to learn is still valid today.
Jan 27, 2018
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SmellGibson wrote:
I think we can agree on that.
But do you find it interesting how you can practice explaining things to yourself in chess?
Jan 27, 2018
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SmellGibson wrote:
TLDR; I completely agree.
This does not only apply to chess. If you can't explain certain concepts and thoughts then you haven't verbalize them in your head they don't exist mentally. It means something isn't clear. Whenever you explain someone else a certain topic and you begin to studder, then that basically means that you didn't understand properly.
Understanding things and verbalizing what you've learnt helps you and other people. Communication is key in many areas of our lives.
What you just said, the first sentence, is really interesting about verbalizing the thought/sentence in your head or they don't exist. I've been wondering about that for the longest time.
Jan 27, 2018
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YOURBUERRY wrote:
SmellGibson wrote:
TLDR; I completely agree.
This does not only apply to chess. If you can't explain certain concepts and thoughts then you haven't verbalize them in your head they don't exist mentally. It means something isn't clear. Whenever you explain someone else a certain topic and you begin to studder, then that basically means that you didn't understand properly.
Understanding things and verbalizing what you've learnt helps you and other people. Communication is key in many areas of our lives.
What you just said, the first sentence, is really interesting about verbalizing the thought/sentence in your head or they don't exist. I've been wondering about that for the longest time.
How is a concept unclear when it hasn't first been conceived in your thought mentally though? When something is unclear, you kind of have a vague idea of what it is.
Jan 27, 2018
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Going even farther, my excellent college advisor, with whom I published my first chemistry journal research paper, used to say that if you can't put a number on it you don't know what you're talking about.
For example, tomorrow it's going to be warm in my area, around 55 degrees F (13C) but in a few months it's going to cold when it gets to 55F (13C). Warm or cold don't tell us anything but 55F (13C) does.
What if you couldn't explain something? Is that because you didn't understand it?