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0 pointssnarf219y ago0 comments

There is big difference between understanding something, knowing something and application of that knowledge. It is easy to sit in class and follow along and feel like you get it. Much harder to explain it to the class from scratch.

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -Einstein

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minxomat9y ago

> The quote "An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid." is popularly attributed to Lord Rutherford of Nelson in as stated in Einstein, the Man and His Achievement By G. J. Whitrow, Dover Press 1973. Einstein is unlikely to have said it since his theory of relativity was very abstract and based on sophisticated mathematics.[1]

Also, see the next answer for a more direct source. The list of misattribution is entertaining, too.[2]

[1] - http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/22409

[2] - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Misattributed

mindcrime9y ago

"Most quotes on the Internet are made up" - Abraham Lincoln

snarf21OP9y ago

Very interesting. There is so much of this in what we learn. Only through deep research are the fact separated from the story. :)

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