The Feynman technique is named after the physicist Richard Feynman, who was, in his own right, a great scientist. In 1965 he won a Nobel Prize for his work in quantum electrodynamics, which is something I had to practice thing a couple of different times. He was famous for tirelessly working through equations until the concept he was wrangling with was intuitively easy to understand. Simon Tisdale's The Fireman Technique is a four-step process of explaining an idea to someone else. No special skills are required to use it; you can do it in plain English or French or whatever language you speak.

It can improve your grasp of a subject, test your understanding, and challenge your assumptions. In the example I filmed here, we're going to use the Pythagorean theorem as an example. The key here is simplicity, the act of explaining a topic as if you were teaching it to somebody who didn't have the same base assumptions and base knowledge that you do. Step forward is to look at your explanation and identify areas where you've resorted to technical terms or complex language. Then, challenge yourself to break down those terms and explain them in simplified, easy-to-understand words. Why does the Pythagorean theorem hold proof for all right triangles and yeah?

Maybe you can bust out the prosecution rearrangement, but perhaps you can't. Maybe there was a bit too simple of an example for you, and you'd. Complex or something that has nothing to do with math at all.