In math, there’s this thing where everyone uses the word ‘trivial’, as in, “the proof for this lemma is trivial.”
It drove me nuts.
Years later, I learnt that in math, trivial meant a very specific thing — it meant “with no new information and a little effort” 🤯
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Phrases to avoid when creating educational content:
- easy
- just
- simply
- obviously
- straight forward
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