However intelligent he is, he fails to present his ideas so as to gradually build a common ground with lay readers. “If you’re so smart, how come you ain’t convincing?”
The “intelligent design” references on his Wikipedia bio are enough to turn me away. Can you point us to a well-regarded intellectual who has taken his work seriously and recommends his work? (I’ve used that sort of bridging tactic at least once, Dennett convincing me to read Julian Jaynes.)
“If you’re so smart, how come you ain’t convincing?”
“Convincing” has long been a problem for Chris Langan. Malcolm Gladwell relates a story about Langan attending a calculus course in first year undergrad. After the first lecture, he went to offer criticism of the prof’s pedagogy. The prof thought he was complaining that the material was too hard; Langan was unable to convey that he had understood the material perfectly for years, and wanted to see better teaching.
However intelligent he is, he fails to present his ideas so as to gradually build a common ground with lay readers. “If you’re so smart, how come you ain’t convincing?”
The “intelligent design” references on his Wikipedia bio are enough to turn me away. Can you point us to a well-regarded intellectual who has taken his work seriously and recommends his work? (I’ve used that sort of bridging tactic at least once, Dennett convincing me to read Julian Jaynes.)
“Convincing” has long been a problem for Chris Langan. Malcolm Gladwell relates a story about Langan attending a calculus course in first year undergrad. After the first lecture, he went to offer criticism of the prof’s pedagogy. The prof thought he was complaining that the material was too hard; Langan was unable to convey that he had understood the material perfectly for years, and wanted to see better teaching.