Where are you trying to go? First it was that, to understand, we have to "actually return to the complex terminology you're simplifying". I disagree. Now it i

Where are you trying to go? First it was that, to understand, we have to "actually return to the complex terminology you're simplifying". I disagree. Now it is, that we need some common way of communicating. I agree. But that are two different questions. > [explaining EM radition in terms of phones does not help] Nor does explaining EM radiation in terms of oranges. But I'd do neither. I'd first try to figure out whether you struggle with the concept of what a phone is or with the question how it works. Because step 1 in being understood is to understand what you are trying to say, to define the metric you can later use to evaluate your success in your attempt at being understood.