There are coutless good quotes to the effect of “if you can’t explain it accessibly, you don’t understand it”, and I feel like a disproportionate number come from physicists.
A related idea I love is Tim Chow's idea of "solving a previously unsolved expository problem". With enough effort & imagination I believe we can make great progress on these problems even for such supposedly hard subjects as quantum field theory, rocket science etchttps://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1038476966997852160 …
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Which domains do you think most embrace the idea that refining exposition is as worthy of one’s time as extending the boundary of knowledge? E.g. my impression is that math (folks like Tim Chow aside) is leagues behind physics and CS in this respect.
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I think this essay by
@gravity_levity https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/08/20/qft/ is a perfect example of how to make QFT accessible even for laypersons. - 1 more reply
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It'd be great if
@distillpub did thishttps://twitter.com/girishsastry/status/962143233147940864 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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