http://benabuya.com/2007/02/19/the-collapse-of-chaos/ looking for alternative explanations Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://benabuya.com/2007/02/19/the-collapse-of-chaos/#comment-652 Simon Holloway Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:02:34 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-collapse-of-chaos/#comment-652 Granted, there are some areas within which it is difficult to speak simply. I had a (brief) conversation last night with a fellow who was trying to explain to me the pure mathematical notion of bounded infinity (א⁰, I believe). Let's face it: he was doing a fine job of dumbing things down to the extent necessary, but there is also only so far that you can go when the topic is a genuinely difficult and convoluted one. From my experience, in the linguistic world, the only people who sound confusing are the ones who are confused. Granted, there are some areas within which it is difficult to speak simply. I had a (brief) conversation last night with a fellow who was trying to explain to me the pure mathematical notion of bounded infinity (א⁰, I believe). Let’s face it: he was doing a fine job of dumbing things down to the extent necessary, but there is also only so far that you can go when the topic is a genuinely difficult and convoluted one. From my experience, in the linguistic world, the only people who sound confusing are the ones who are confused.

]]> http://benabuya.com/2007/02/19/the-collapse-of-chaos/#comment-644 Daniel Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:05:09 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-collapse-of-chaos/#comment-644 It seems to me, at least in "the law", that you spend about five years learning how to make things sound convoluted, and then the rest of your life trying to make things sound simple again. Most of us never get there. It seems to me, at least in “the law”, that you spend about five years learning how to make things sound convoluted, and then the rest of your life trying to make things sound simple again. Most of us never get there.

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