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When you explain a theory or sum and someone just don't understand no matter how you tell him, whose fault is it?
| The explainer, he sucks at explaining | 15 | |
| The one who doesn't understand, some people are just blockheaded | 11 |
Depends. If both parties are dedicated to coming to an understanding then the message will go through.
However, if the speaker is unwilling to "know their audience" so to speak, then it is their fault. If the audience is not willing to acknowledge the message, then it is THEIR fault.
But there are generally a few different factors relating to this, ranging from intelligence to arrogance.
I'd say it's the fault of the person explaining, unless the person being explained to really isn't listening.
Anything can be explained if you do it the right way (and have enough time).
I disagree, some people aren't intelligent enough to comprehend what is being explained no matter how good of an explanation is given.
Well, I might be biased. My career plan was to be a maths/science teacher, two subjects people often struggle with. I usually find a way to explain things using examples people can relate to. My mother, for example, is so number blind that she doesn't understand what a percentage is (seriously) but when she asked me what spectroscopy was, I did manage to explain emission spectra in the context of the structure of an atom and she did get it and was interested.
I have no idea what spectroscopy is, but it sounds impressive that you were able to explain it to your mom like that. :)
Another one of those science things that sounds complicated but is actually simple. Electrons fly around atoms in fixed energy states. Imagine someone built a road all around the planet. Then there was another road ten feet above it and another one a hundred feet above that. An electron going around an atom is like a car on that road going round the world.
To get the car to a higher road, you have to give it some energy (like it goes up in an elevator). If it falls off the road to the one below, it releases the energy (some of it as noise). If it falls from the ten foot road, you'll hear a crash. If it falls from the hundred foot road, you'll hear a bigger crash. Without seeing the accident, you'll know how far it fell just from the noise.
Electrons do the same. When they go to a lower road (or "energy level") they need to give off energy and they don't do it as noise but as a little packet of light. How far they fall determines exactly what colour that light is. So by measuring the light, you get to know what energy levels (or roads) are around the atom. Once you've got the road map, you can identify an atom just from its light patterns.
Measure the light from stars and you can see everything that they're made from. That's spectroscopy. Practical example: when an electron changes state in sodium, the most common colour is gives off is an orangey yellow. I see it every single night because that's what street lamps are doing. :)
If I can teach a two-year-old how to eat a banana without getting sticky hands, then I have to think that almost anyone (with the exception of the mentally damaged) can learn something if it's dumbed down enough.
Well either, what a retarded question.
Some people are bad at explaining things, some people are too fucking stupid to understand things.
Depends it may be both , may be one cant understand becuase they have a diffrent mind set and will never understand you becuase its like speaking a alien laguage and you have to appeaal to their personol mindset or it is impossible to communicate . or one side is just not very itteleigent and you have to dumb it down or you cant explain in any case you must realize when you are speaking you must cator to the person you are speaking too weather thier less educated or are very stupid and will never undertstand you enough said . so if you try saying something loggical to someone who has a short fuse they will just yell and scream becuase thier impulsive ignoramoiues and you are ovbiously smarter than them . or aposed to a person who is level 5 and your live 14 you are proboly gonna have to dumb down a bit for them to understand it
Depends. Bad explanation can make something seem too complicated. But even with a good explanation, some people are just too stupid to understand.
If I had one wish, I'd wish for a big enough ass for the whole world to kiss.
Depends. Depends on if they're interested, if they're in the right state of mind to focus on what you're saying, on if the explainer is good at explaining or the other person just can't understand..
This is a stupid fucking question. It would depend on the situation. Usally its probablly both peoples fault in most situations.
I was going to make a poll like this quite some time ago, but didn't get round to it.
I think it depends, there is no simple answer for this.
I think a smart person engages with the audience in a manner that the audience can understand, but even then the audience might not fully understand.
It really depends... maybe the topic is too complex for explaining or the listener is just too dumb or the explainer just sucks...