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Doesn't the first answer attempt to give one? That's also the way many people learn it middle school, at least I think I remember I did. To spark a constructive

Doesn't the first answer attempt to give one? That's also the way many people learn it middle school, at least I think I remember I did. To spark a constructive discussion, it would be interesting to know what doesn't satisfy you about this answer.

OJFord 3y ago
The submitter isn't asking us, they're just sharing the question and answers.
- codeflo 3y ago
  When I posted this, the HN submission headline was along the lines of “There’s no intuitive explanation for the volume of a cone”, clearly a comment by the submitter that the SE answers aren’t sufficient for them.
  - OJFord 3y ago
    Ah ok, sorry.
eigenvalue 3y ago
Yes, it does attempt to give one-- but I didn't find it particularly satisfying. But some of the replies in this HN thread have been better in that respect, for me at least. The idea that it's just an extension of why the area of a triangle is 1/2 the enclosing rectangle to 3 dimensions to me is the "oh, that's why" framing for what otherwise seemed sort of magical to me.