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Thanks. You are not explaining it like we are five, but as if we were humans. The explanation in the article is a non explanation, "look at me how smart I am t

Thanks. You are not explaining it like we are five, but as if we were humans. The explanation in the article is a non explanation, "look at me how smart I am that could obfuscate knowledge, so I look smarter".

animefan 11y ago
Re your second sentence, I think it's unfair to attack the author in this way. By my reading, the author didn't attempt took describe the discrepancy and just included the abstract of a paper that does. We should thank the author for their best effort. This touches me because I've often been in the situation where my explanation was inadequate, and I was accused of trying to sound smart. We shouldn't be too eager to take people down a notch.
ubernostrum 11y ago
Thanks. You are not explaining it like we are five, but as if we were humans. Actually, Reddit's ELI5 subreddit describes it as: LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations. Not responses aimed at literal five year olds (which can be patronizing). So it was a comment which would be appropriate for ELI5.