tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post413507082319340446..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: Shelves and hooksAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-51844017592484474842015-01-06T10:58:15.092-08:002015-01-06T10:58:15.092-08:00If everyone understands the Feynman Lectures, why ...If everyone understands the Feynman Lectures, why do not spinners use the concepts to make better wheels.<br /><br />Why did I have to make my own wheel?<br /><br />Why can't I buy a fast wheel from Carolina Homespun or the Woolery?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-51978477472202147612015-01-06T10:36:11.585-08:002015-01-06T10:36:11.585-08:00Some words are symbolic for concepts that may take...Some words are symbolic for concepts that may take weeks or months for a particular student to understand.<br />Consider http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_23.html#Ch23-S2 <br /><br />I do not distinguish between equations and words - both symbolize concepts, and people that understand the concepts, understand the symbols for those concepts.<br /><br />It took me a while (in 1970-1972) to understand all the concepts symbolized in that paper. <br /><br />If I use those symbols here, it will mean nothing to most of my readers. Yes, you can look up the meaning in your calculus text, but it will take a working with the concepts for a substantial length of time before you fully understand them.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-10405282126472690832015-01-04T10:54:32.709-08:002015-01-04T10:54:32.709-08:00Totally disagree with your idea of using 'simp...Totally disagree with your idea of using 'simple' words for people who don't understand a concept. The best way for them to understand is to use the word and to define it. It will enlarge their vocabulary, probably cause them to research the specialty at hand and make them go to bed having learned something. Otherwise, they see so many thingamajogs and thingamabobs they need a file cabinet in their head just to contain the million possible meanings of those two words. Very cumbersome.<br /><br />By the way, "material handling system" is present in my favourite terminology data base and is a term in itself. Darn! And there you thought it was just a generic for ingnant people!Purl Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436143322489741579noreply@blogger.com