Good Explanations (Advice)

TagLast edit: Nov 26, 2021, 2:33 PM by Multicore

This Good Explanations (Advice) tag is for advice on how to write good explanations.

Epistemic Legibility

ElizabethFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM

309 points

30 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

(acesounderglass.com)

Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 1:13 AM

102 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

Remember to translate your thoughts back again

brookNov 1, 2022, 8:49 AM

25 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

On Saying the Obvious

GrognorFeb 2, 2012, 5:13 AM

157 points

47 comments2 min readLW link

How to teach things well

Neel NandaAug 28, 2020, 4:44 PM

110 points

17 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

(www.neelnanda.io)

A Good Explanation of Differential Gears

Johannes C. MayerOct 19, 2023, 11:07 PM

48 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Paternal Formats

abramdemskiJun 9, 2019, 1:26 AM

52 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Overcoming the Curse of Knowledge

JesseGalefOct 18, 2011, 5:39 PM

60 points

56 comments3 min readLW link

Inferential credit history

RyanCareyJul 24, 2013, 2:12 PM

58 points

36 comments3 min readLW link

Great Explanations

lukeprogOct 31, 2011, 11:58 PM

34 points

115 comments2 min readLW link

An Interactive Shapley Value Explainer

James Stephen BrownSep 28, 2024, 5:01 AM

42 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Quantum Explanations

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 9, 2008, 8:15 AM

96 points

61 comments6 min readLW link

Generic advice caveats

Saul MunnOct 30, 2024, 9:03 PM

27 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(www.brasstacks.blog)

Being a teacher

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 14, 2011, 8:03 PM

82 points

155 comments3 min readLW link

Multicore Nov 26, 2021, 2:33 PM
1 point
Removed this from the page itself now that talk pages exist:
[pre-talk-page note] I think this should maybe be merged with Distillation and Pedagogy – Ray