For me this article is really actual since I’ve caught myself few times already thinking about pretty this relation between heat and motion. I am literate and educated person, I’ve even been learning math BUT nowadays I am trying to rethink all these stuff which is just packed in my head under labels similar to “heat vs motion”. So actually it is not that hard for me in 2015 to think that heat and motion are probably different concepts :) I just know that I need to really think a lot and re-learn the basics in a proper way, not just re-reading books again but really “inventing” the subject for myself.
And regarding explanation vs understanding, I’ve read a joke recently: two analysts are having a lunch and one tells “hey, do you understand the situation on the middle east, what’s going on there?”. And the other one replies “I can explain you, sure”. Then the first guys tells “I can explain this to anyone in this room as well, but I have actually asked if you UNDERSTAND it”.
For me this article is really actual since I’ve caught myself few times already thinking about pretty this relation between heat and motion. I am literate and educated person, I’ve even been learning math BUT nowadays I am trying to rethink all these stuff which is just packed in my head under labels similar to “heat vs motion”. So actually it is not that hard for me in 2015 to think that heat and motion are probably different concepts :) I just know that I need to really think a lot and re-learn the basics in a proper way, not just re-reading books again but really “inventing” the subject for myself. And regarding explanation vs understanding, I’ve read a joke recently: two analysts are having a lunch and one tells “hey, do you understand the situation on the middle east, what’s going on there?”. And the other one replies “I can explain you, sure”. Then the first guys tells “I can explain this to anyone in this room as well, but I have actually asked if you UNDERSTAND it”.