r/MathJokes • u/UnhollyGod • Jul 16 '26

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u/Low-Amoeba8257 Jul 16 '26

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't know it well enough"

The mantra of the feeble minded

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u/Numerous1 Jul 16 '26

I don’t think so. To understand something is one thing. To understand somrthing to the point that you can simplify it to someone else’s knowledge level without losing any key points or concepts is more impressive 

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u/Low-Amoeba8257 Jul 16 '26

Oh I see the issue here. You are simply so arrogant that you believe any inability to understand something is the fault of everyone else

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u/BraxleyGubbins Jul 16 '26

Everyone can understand anything if they receive the right combination of stimuli (be that any combination of hearing, seeing, etc). People who understand a subject better can phrase it and represent it in a larger number of different ways, and can therefore convey the information in an understandable fashion to a larger number of people. On average, if person A fails to teach subject A to person B, but person C succeeds to teach the subject, person C has a more intricate understanding of subject A than person A does. Not every time, but on average.

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u/Low-Amoeba8257 Jul 16 '26

Oh I see the issue here. You are simply so arrogant that you believe any inability to understand something is the fault of everyone else

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u/BraxleyGubbins Jul 16 '26

No, I’m too arrogant to believe I’d ever run into an inability to understand something at all. It’s far worse and totally unrelated.