+188 If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself. amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

not everything can be simplified. Like nuclear power. First you'd have to explain all about atoms, and so on.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you can explain it to your grandma, you fully understand it. Well at least that's what my science teacher says, we had to write a letter to a grandparent explaining our experiments and stuff.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The original quote uses Grandma. It was first said by Einstein.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm bad at explaining, because I don't understand how someone else doesn't understand what I understand. So I don't know where to start or how to break it down.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What about string theory?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

String theorists frequently say that they have no idea what they are studying.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What about statistics? Half the time, I don't think the teacher even understands what the hell she's talking about.

by Anonymous 12 years ago