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Notably, Lilian did not explain diffusion models simply. This is a fantastic resource that details how they actually work, but your casual reader is unlikely to develop any sort of understanding from this.

> your casual reader is unlikely to develop any sort of understanding [from this]

"Hell, if I could explain it to the average person, it wouldn't have been worth the Nobel prize." - Richard Feynman

Didn't he also say that if you couldn't explain something to an 8-year-old, you didn't understand it yourself?

Fair point. The context of that quote was that he was asked by a journalist for a quick explanation over the phone when the physics Nobel for 1965 was announced.

He did go on to write a very readable little book (from a lecture series) on the subject which has photons wearing little watches and waiting for the hands to line up. I'd say a keen eight-year-old could get something from that.

https://ia600101.us.archive.org/17/items/richard-feynman-pdf...

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