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by chaosmatic 4630 days ago
It's an interesting idea, certainly. But reading the descriptions I can't help but feel that these ideas could be more easily explained using a less restricted vocabulary and still be accessible.

Jargon can make an explanation more eloquent as it does not have to be filled with contrived collections of less suitable words. If the jargon is explained before it is used it still can be readily understood.

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If you haven't seen it before you should search YouTube for Feynman Fun to Imagine. I am extremely impressed with how accessible his explanations are, and I would have loved to see what he could have done with the given restriction. Probably not as well as he did without it but probably better than most could do with it.

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI&list=PLC351CC566C...