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Re: understand understanding



-----Original Message-----
From: LUDWIK KOWALSKI <KOWALSKIL@alpha.montclair.edu>
To: phys-L@atlantis.uwf.edu <phys-L@atlantis.uwf.edu>
Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: understand understanding


One way of avoiding "little lies", identified by Donald, is NOT to try
to explain everything. Some explanations are very demanding in terms of
prerequisites. >
Ludwik Kowalski


This is how we answer "Where do babies come from?" (Or used to, before TV.)

Hence, we have Ludwig's law:
"Explaining physics to 'laymen' is like explaining sex to very young
children.
-Bob

Bob Sciamanda sciamanda@edinboro.edu
Dept of Physics trebor@velocity.net
Edinboro Univ of PA http://www.edinboro.edu/~sciamanda/home.html
Edinboro, PA (814)838-7185