Richard Feynman once said that if you really understand something in physics you should be able to explain it to your grandmother. I believed him.
Curiously enough, there is a recording of an interview with him where he argues almost exactly the opposite, namely that he can’t explain something in sufficient detail to laypeople because of the long inferential distance.
Curiously enough, there is a recording of an interview with him where he argues almost exactly the opposite, namely that he can’t explain something in sufficient detail to laypeople because of the long inferential distance.