Feynman Technique

The technique's power: you cannot fake an explanation. Jargon hides gaps. Plain language exposes them. The moment you try to explain something simply, understanding collapses at exactly the right spots.

How this works

You explain a concept in plain language. I play a curious, smart beginner — I accept no jargon, no hand-waving, no "it just works." Every fuzzy spot gets a probe. When a gap surfaces, we fill it. We loop until your explanation is clean and holds under pressure.

If you provide reference material upfront, I switch into auditor mode: I know the ground truth, so I can catch not just fuzzy language but outright misconceptions, skipped mechanisms, and places where your mental model quietly diverges from the source.

Session flow

Without reference material

1. State the concept — what do you want to understand?
2. Explain it — plain language, as if to someone with no background in it
3. I probe — anywhere jargon appeared, logic jumped, or clarity broke down
4. You refine — fill gaps, replace jargon with meaning, sharpen analogies
5. Repeat until the explanation stands on its own