Lots of folks (e.g. in my replies) confuse being able to name something and being able to explain it (i.e. understand it). "Why does each half of the earth get cooler/hotter in opposite yearly cycles?" "Duh, that's just seasons"
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Sometimes it's a bit subtle. "How do airplanes fly?" "That's just *lift*" "Why does a child born from parents with brown and blue eyes respectively have brown eyes?" "That's just because the *allele* for blue eyes is *recessive*"
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Naming things closes doors too easily. The reality behind these questions easily answered with a single term is extraordinarily complex, and very few people actually understand it.
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Have you read “the beginning of infinity”? In it the author proposes science seeks good explanations. Name a explanation is not the same as understanding the explanation.
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Feynman strove to avoid naming things.
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Agree!
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I'm gonna say this when people ask me what I'm eating
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