04-22-2005, 04:04 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Pracs</i>
<br />Well, since they are complex, simplifying them would just dilute them thereby loosing all its steam. So I don't think its worth it, If it was something for the masses it wouldn't have been all that complex now, would it?
We are talking strictly on hypothetical basis now, if it were say on a specific issue my opinion could be different.
"Allah does not change the state of people unless they change what is within themselves" Quran 1311
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">This is a good question that has, ironically enough, a complex answer IMO (at least more complex than a simple yes or no). When an expert in a particular field has a new idea, he should publish it using the accepted jargon of his field so as to communicate his ideas to his peers in the most efficient possible way. At this point, the idea still needs to be discussed among other experts in the field so that a consensus can be reached regarding its validity, so expressing the idea in terms that a layman can understand at this point is not necessary.
If an idea becomes accepted among the experts, then it may be necessary for someone to rephrase the new idea in a way that the layman can understand. Usually, just stating the basic principles in simple language will suffice, but sometimes, for very complex ideas, it may be necessary to "dumb things down." Usually in those situations however, it isn't really necessary that the layman have a very detailed understanding of what the experts are talking about.
A good example is the theory of quantum mechanics. It is an extremely complex theory, and there is a small portion of the general public who is interested in learning about it. There are many good books that attempt to explain the basic ideas of the theory in terms that the layman can understand, but in the end, if the laity fails to grasp the ideas, it really doesn't matter.
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<br />Well, since they are complex, simplifying them would just dilute them thereby loosing all its steam. So I don't think its worth it, If it was something for the masses it wouldn't have been all that complex now, would it?
We are talking strictly on hypothetical basis now, if it were say on a specific issue my opinion could be different.
"Allah does not change the state of people unless they change what is within themselves" Quran 1311
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">This is a good question that has, ironically enough, a complex answer IMO (at least more complex than a simple yes or no). When an expert in a particular field has a new idea, he should publish it using the accepted jargon of his field so as to communicate his ideas to his peers in the most efficient possible way. At this point, the idea still needs to be discussed among other experts in the field so that a consensus can be reached regarding its validity, so expressing the idea in terms that a layman can understand at this point is not necessary.
If an idea becomes accepted among the experts, then it may be necessary for someone to rephrase the new idea in a way that the layman can understand. Usually, just stating the basic principles in simple language will suffice, but sometimes, for very complex ideas, it may be necessary to "dumb things down." Usually in those situations however, it isn't really necessary that the layman have a very detailed understanding of what the experts are talking about.
A good example is the theory of quantum mechanics. It is an extremely complex theory, and there is a small portion of the general public who is interested in learning about it. There are many good books that attempt to explain the basic ideas of the theory in terms that the layman can understand, but in the end, if the laity fails to grasp the ideas, it really doesn't matter.
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