What makes a word explanation good?

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  • Establishes the prerequisites/background the reader needs, and then builds on that background
  • Anticipates common misinterpretations/misconceptions and counters them
  • Considers all or many permutations of ideas (see permutation trick for a similar idea)
  • Alternates between concrete and abstract
  • Actually gives a precise/technical/gears-level/mechanistic model for the reader to tinker with

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