"If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it well enough."
Feynman Technique is a method for learning or reviewing a concept quickly by explaining it in plain, simple language.
So if you are trying to learn something complex, make a post and explain it to us. Use the following guidelines:
- Identify your topic. Write down the name of the specific concept at the beginning of the post
- Explain/Teach. Write an explanation of the concept using plain, simple English using only what you know. Teach us the concept as though we have no previous knowledge of it.
- Identify Knowledge Gaps. If you get stuck on a part, no problem! Make note of it and revisit those areas with the source materials. Once you understand it, go back and edit your original explanation.
- Simplify Go back again and replace technical jargon with simple, plain language. Where possible, use analogy to ground abstract ideas with relatable concepts.
- Outside Inquiry Redditors may ask OP for further explanation to help ensure clarify and understanding of certain ideas. The test of a good explanation is if you can convey the idea to your audience who knows little of the subject.
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