Comment by spicyusername
20 hours ago
Not to diminish the comment, but most things are not as complex as they sound when phrased in everyday language or sound much more complex than they are when phrased in technical language.
Technical language is a tool that allows insiders to say less and refer to more, and to be specific, but it's just a tool. Most things can be described in accessible ways.
I think you'd be surprised at what you could understand and at just how few domains are truly complex enough that a layman couldn't understand with a little bit of patience and an accessible summary.
Yeah, heck, whenever an LLM puts my thoughts and intuition into words, it sounds really complex as well.
(FWIW I have an issue with producing words, rather than recognition. I do have the intuition I just lack the labels for it.)
Saying things colloquially gives everyone an intuition about it.
You'd think intuition is great, but no, about half of the important things are counter intuitive.
That makes intuitive thinking about complex technical topics you don't know enough about worse than useless.