**Ask a monkey a physics question thread**

[MadMojoMonkey]

How did you develop your skills as a good physics explainer person?

It just occurred to me that during my formative years (16 - 21), I had a group of friends and one of our standards of determining knowledge from teenage BS was, "If you can't explain it, then you don't understand it."

I thoroughly believe this.

[kingnat]

"If you can't explain it, then you don't understand it."

I thoroughly believe this.

I think this is true as well. I also, probably more than most people, am very comfortable admitting when I don't know something. I use this to balance my need for actually learning all the nuance to challenging questions, if that makes sense. I know some of things pretty well, and I probably know enough to satisfy most standard questions, but a few of the typical trolling physics questions take some thought, and I always feel imposter-y when i can't figure them out instantly.

I certainly reads like you totally know your shit. I haven't done a careful review, but I haven't seen anything that I can see is incorrect. I figured you actually had a phd, tbh. It's a great thread.