I once remarked on my teachers class saying that some people usually explain a concept and then say, ‘Did you understand?’ I said that it’s not possible to know if someone really understood, since the concept is in the teacher’s head, the receiver would have to read the giver’s mind to know if he understood.

Then I completed that worst than it is when someone replies, ‘Yes, I understood!’ How does he knows he understood? Do people actually read other’s mind and I didn’t know that?

I really liked this post. Purely logical and true.

I think there is a benefit of a little florkiness, as long as you take the audience along. If they buy into the domain-specific terms, it can give the audience a feeling of being in on the “secret”. I think the trick is to define important terms, move slowly, and ensure the audience buys into the definitions. And never overuse florkiness.

Chris

I would add “use a story” to the tools to combat the curse. Everyone likes stories