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With both ELI5 and this title, the hidden assumption which is generally correct is that "I don't remember much from my education specifically middle and highsch
by mahdi7d1 1mo ago
With both ELI5 and this title, the hidden assumption which is generally correct is that "I don't remember much from my education specifically middle and highschool".
Well I do remember my highschool subjects and I feel like there is a chasm between highly detailed technical content created for other profesionals and watered down versions for 5 year olds.
I don't see that many "explain to me like I've finished highschool" content.
- jamilton 1mo agoI think at some point you just have to try to read the technical content then see what you don't understand and figure that out.
- SoftTalker 1mo agoYou're asking for "explain like you respect my intelligence"
- baxtr 1mo agoI think OPs comment is about education and not intelligence per se.
- watercast 1mo agoI used to work in higher ed. The reason you don't see this is that it's harder to produce (usably) than an eli5; there is little incentive as there aren't many advanced enough to want it who aren't also in walled off training; and there are often many tiers between layperson and professional such that connecting the right audience with the right material is its own problem. I agree it is terribly frustrating.
- mjg59 1mo agoI teach OS security for a masters course. I don't know where my students are for any given semester - it's a mixture between experts who need a certification (I have taught someone who literally wrote the book on a major OS's security model) and people who have ended up on security entirely by accident. It is extremely hard to write something that lands for that entire range. "Finished highschool" is really not a precise determinator in the way "I am literally 5" is.