My favorite quote from Terry Davis will always be “An idiot admires complexity, while a genius admires simplicity”

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Reminds me of a famous Einstein quote I cant reproduce- but @freemo could. Something about how you don't really understand it unless you can explain it to a child.

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I don't recall it coming from him- but a quick search reveals a lot of enticing quotes!

@lucifargundam @freemo @TechUr theres a thing called the feynman technique wrt. you don't understand it until you can explain it simply

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The quote actually originated with Rutherford and was later repeated in another form by Einstein, feynman adopted it as a technique.

Rutherford said "it should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid."

Einstein said, while referencing Rutherford in a conversation with de Broglie in france: "that all physical theories, their mathematical expressions apart ought to lend themselves to so simple a description that even a child could understand them."

So Einstein coined the phrase and idea in reference to a child.

The Feynman technique was explicitly inspired by Einstein and is a 4 step technique:

1) Pick the subject of interest
2) explain the concept as if to a 6th grader
3) Identify the holes in your understanding
4) Study the parts you couldnt explain simply

While the Feynman technique is based off observations in Feynmans study habits he never taught the technique formally nor did he define it.

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Cool thanks, for the benefit of those not familiar with the US system hold old are 6th graders ?

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