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Crockford’s Paradox: Once you understand and fully appreciate Monads, you lose the ability to explain them to other people.
by braythwayt 11y ago
Crockford’s Paradox:
Once you understand and fully appreciate Monads, you lose the ability to explain them to other people.
- bunderbunder 11y agoThis might actually be generalizable to any design pattern of sufficient utility.
- pekk 11y agoIf you can't explain it, it's probably not such a great idea as you think it is.
- stingraycharles 11y agoI think that depends very much upon the audience. There are quite a few great ideas out there that are difficult to explain: try explaining the theory of general relativity to your mother, for example.
- Lewton 11y agohttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Brian-Cox/dp/0306819112 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Brian-Cox/dp/0306819112
- dllthomas 11y agoMy mother is technical and well educated. She probably understands General Relativity better than I do.
- pekk 11y ago"I can't explain it" does not depend on the audience, it depends on your ability to understand and explain it. This is why I didn't say "I can't explain it to two-year-olds".