Basically, there are a couple of 1-sentence summaries about what Monte Carlo simulation is and what a Markov Chain is, and those are fine. But then there are some hokey graphs that absolutely do require you to already come to the article with an understanding of e.g. likelihood functions, priors, sequential random sampling, and approximating a distribution — which basically means the article is for people already with a reasonable exposure to math for probability if they want some soft verbal introductions to MCMC on top of their existing experience.

It’s certainly not useful for someone who would not have a strong internal mental model of the concept of probability distributions, for example.

I think it’s why the parent comment expresses frustration at “advanced math for people who don’t know intermediate math” type of article.

Basically the OP article here would be fine as the 1-2 page introductory note of a chapter in an intermediate math textbook that was prepping a math student for a deeper dive into e.g. the Metropolis algorithm, Gibbs sampling, etc.

But it seems misplaced to even be trying to give a “pop” introduction to something like that. Inevitably no matter how much hand-waving or illustration there is, it falls back on appeals to other math topics you’re expected to know, and so the “zero math” promise is neither something anyone needs nor something the author of such an article can deliver. Thus, that part feels a bit like disingenuous marketing or click-bait tactics.