It is the mark of a charlatan to explain a simple concept in a complex way.
Not always. It can also be caused by not understanding the concept well enough. Ptolemy wasn't a charlatan.
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or insufficient prior analogies. Simple explanations make use of abstraction by comparison.
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A then B doesn't imply B then A
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charlatans may fool even themselves; the wise do well not explain what they don't understand
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