Why are some explanations bad?
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I like understanding things. Many explanations strike me as insufficient, and I wanted to know what features characterize the explanations that frustrate me. I looked through answers to why questions on Quora, found ones I didn’t like, and tried to find patterns in them. So far, I've come up with the following ways that explanations can go wrong:Insufficient specificityOften, when I'm asking a why question, a general answer will not satisfy my confusion or curiosity. It’s common, though, to not
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