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I'm all for the power of analogy, but I agree with others here that "magic" is a pretty lame choice of words. Anything you don't understand can be described as
by c22 9y ago
I'm all for the power of analogy, but I agree with others here that "magic" is a pretty lame choice of words. Anything you don't understand can be described as magic, it's a meaningless analogy that doesn't have any more explanatory power than the word hash does to people who don't know it. The presentation was good, but I bet it would have had similar impact if the word hash had just been used throughout.
- akavi 9y agoI think there's some value for swapping out one semantically opaque word that seems intimidating/"engineer-y" for another equally semantically opaque word that instead connotes "hey, I'm on your side in helping you understand this". Ie, the value isn't in the word choice itself, but rather in signalling that you empathize with your audience's discomfort.