/sci/ - Science & Math

I think this thread clearly emobodies /sci/'s communication problem. Understandably it's 4chan but you guys for the most part are too comfortable with implying things; this doesn't work well with explaining things to people you don't know and it's sad most of you won't give a shit but still call other people stupid (again, even when you don't know them).

>>2618735
this post is the epitomizes the communication problem. Nothing is more annoying when people pontificate what they've learned or have been taught. Not only does this fail at helping to explain "why", it's wrong..
as pointed out in >>2618737
..and arrogant on the verge of belligerent.

If nobody is really at fault though I think overall it's easy to simplify too aggressively. I know when I explain math to friends I forget what it's like to not know something and thus I fail repeatedly but those guys really don't know anything beyond division and multiplication so I have to reach deep-down/far-back (and keep everything short BUT not too short) if I ever want to succeed.