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> It actually is a pretty reasonable expectation for someone not completely clueless about education. No it isn’t. It is an extreme claim that advanced mathem
by zepto 5y ago
> It actually is a pretty reasonable expectation for someone not completely clueless about education.
No it isn’t. It is an extreme claim that advanced mathematics can easily be explained to someone regardless of their intelligence.
The evidence for this claim would be the presence educational programs that can easily educate almost anyone in advanced mathematics.
These do not exist.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoI made no such claim, it's very hard to explain complex topics, much harder than 'just' understanding them. Certainly impossible in some cases. But a shallower explanation is the essence of what encyclopedias are all about, IMO.
- zepto 5y ago> But a shallower explanation is the essence of what encyclopedias are all about, IMO I think that’s due to encyclopedias having been sets of books with limited space.