The other kind of sentence, an utterance that rings definitely false to someone who knows what’s going on, but which serves to point a beginner in the right direction, is one I don’t have a word for
I’ve heard “lies to children” for that. An initial simple and technically incorrect explanation that prepares the mind towards understanding the later more detailed explanation, by which you come to understand that the first explanation wasn’t actually true.
i think another way to look at an opposite to the concept of may be “sazen is detail with no gist, what is all gist but no detail?” and i think that would be a douglas adams descriptive sentence....
I do think “lies to children” is the type of opposite he was looking for here though.
I’ve heard “lies to children” for that. An initial simple and technically incorrect explanation that prepares the mind towards understanding the later more detailed explanation, by which you come to understand that the first explanation wasn’t actually true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children
I didn’t know about Terry Pratchett’s involvement in popularising the phrase until I looked it up just now.
i think another way to look at an opposite to the concept of may be “sazen is detail with no gist, what is all gist but no detail?” and i think that would be a douglas adams descriptive sentence....
I do think “lies to children” is the type of opposite he was looking for here though.
Was about to post the same! Btw I do know if from Pratchett.