Thanks. You are not explaining it like we are five, but as if we were humans.
The explanation in the article is a non explanation, "look at me how smart I am that could obfuscate knowledge, so I look smarter".
The explanation in the article is a non explanation, "look at me how smart I am that could obfuscate knowledge, so I look smarter".
This touches me because I've often been in the situation where my explanation was inadequate, and I was accused of trying to sound smart. We shouldn't be too eager to take people down a notch.
Actually, Reddit's ELI5 subreddit describes it as:
LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations.
Not responses aimed at literal five year olds (which can be patronizing).
So it was a comment which would be appropriate for ELI5.