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CW 34/2021 - Article: Patterns in confusing explanations

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a often cited behavior of "experts" stuck in the first parts of a specific topic.

Sadly, this effect also applies to educational situations, where person A tries to explain X to person B (via text or verbal).

This phaenomenon (DK) and many other reasons can lead to considering a topic as complex and confusing.

In the following article Julia Evans (with the help of 8 other persons) describes 13 patterns of "Confusing explanatios" and how to avoid them.

Link: https://jvns.ca/blog/confusing-explanations/