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The operative word is 'like'. That is, explain to a similar degree of domain understanding as you'd expect from a 5 year old, rather than explain using a 5 year
by NamTaf 6y ago
The operative word is 'like'. That is, explain to a similar degree of domain understanding as you'd expect from a 5 year old, rather than explain using a 5 year old's vocabulary.
But all that aside, what nerd kid wasn't drawing space shuttles and rockets by age 5?!? That was my jam!
- pferde 6y agoThat's just it - a five year old might be into rockets and astronauts and all that fancy stuff (I was too), but his or her "degree of domain understanding" is nowhere near enough to grasp how those things really work, nor does he or she have the education underpinnings needed to do so. "ELI10" or "ELI15" would be a much less ridiculous request. It's still rather grating how people willingly denigrate themselves by comparing their own intelligence to that of a child's. What's wrong with good old "explain it to a layperson"? The fact that it does not make a cool acronym? We're not on twitter (or in high school, for that matter), learn to express yourself like an adult. And yes, I am fun at parties. :)