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Singles sentence explanations for complex ideas tend to cluster cognitive short cuts (more formally -- cognitive misers 1). This is because new ideas/concepts

by McDoku 12y ago

Singles sentence explanations for complex ideas tend to cluster cognitive short cuts (more formally -- cognitive misers 1). This is because new ideas/concepts may require new words or words outside the scope of the 5th grade rule. An idiom is a cognitive miser of sorts. ----- Example - search engine search - familiar vocabulary engine - cognitive short cut - machine - technical - related to car - transports from point A to B (car) - familiar - requires steering (car) - most are comfortable with operating (car etc) ----- It is a hack to communicate when the available vocabulary does not convey the true intention of the speaker. And/or the existing level of vocabulary is inefficient. ---- Videos: Star Trek Example: http://youtu.be/ukMNfTnI5M8 http://youtu.be/ukMNfTnI5M8 Archer Example: http://youtu.be/GzHhgPgO7wA http://youtu.be/GzHhgPgO7wA *1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States

yellow_and_gray 12y ago
Now I see what you are saying. You are saying to communicate complex ideas one tends to need words a 5th grader wouldn't know. I was saying to communicate an idea one should fit it an a single sentence. Unless I missed something, we are not in disagreement. You are arguing for word quality, I'm arguing for word quantity. You don't disagree that boiling an idea to a single sentence is good, and I learned something new from you. The cognitive miser theory is fascinating. Thank you for having put the effort to follow up.
- McDoku 12y ago
  Yup. Correct. Cool Beans. It is the framing 'You do not UNDERSTAND your app unless you can simplify it in a single sentence' that I disagree with. It is more 'You do not UNDERSTAND your market unless you can simply in a single sentence'.

by McDoku 12y ago

yellow_and_gray 12y ago

Now I see what you are saying. You are saying to communicate complex ideas one tends to need words a 5th grader wouldn't know. I was saying to communicate an idea one should fit it an a single sentence. Unless I missed something, we are not in disagreement. You are arguing for word quality, I'm arguing for word quantity. You don't disagree that boiling an idea to a single sentence is good, and I learned something new from you. The cognitive miser theory is fascinating. Thank you for having put the effort to follow up.

McDoku 12y ago
Yup. Correct. Cool Beans. It is the framing 'You do not UNDERSTAND your app unless you can simplify it in a single sentence' that I disagree with. It is more 'You do not UNDERSTAND your market unless you can simply in a single sentence'.