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Originally Posted by CraigS
I'm beginning to see that in order for it to do so, there needs to be a commonality of background understanding. (Which perhaps, may be partially absent in this case).
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Precisely.....how can you explain something properly if the basics of understanding for the subject in question is missing from one or more of the parties involved. That's why scientists have such a hard time trying to get information across to the public. By dumbing things down, you lose much of the meaning of what you're trying to convey.
It's also precisely why pseudoscience and other nonsense has the foothold it has and why the public don't trust what scientists say. Most just don't want to understand it (too lazy, not really interested etc).
I've tried to explain lots of things to do with science to many people. Only to have blank stares in return...even after dumbing things down.