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		wrp on June 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If you can’t tell a story about it, it isn’t real A possibly related anecdote is one about Richard Feynman. When he tried and failed to write an accessible undergrad lecture about QCD(?), he told his colleagues that meant he/they didn't really understand it themselves.

anonymouskimmer on June 22, 2023 [–]

"If you can't explain it you don't understand it" is something that people with good verbal skills say.

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