> What’s going on is that without some kind of direct experience to use as a touchstone, people don’t have the context that gives them a place in their minds to put the things you are telling them.
It's one of the reasons schooling doesn't work as it should: for a lot of things taught, children don't have a direct experience of, and therefore they have difficulties understanding those things.
There is a way to overcome those difficulties though: teach by a real-life metaphor as an example. I have tried it myself, in many cases, where the thing I had to explain was difficult to understand due to lack of direct experience. A real life metaphor usually did the trick.
It's one of the reasons schooling doesn't work as it should: for a lot of things taught, children don't have a direct experience of, and therefore they have difficulties understanding those things.
There is a way to overcome those difficulties though: teach by a real-life metaphor as an example. I have tried it myself, in many cases, where the thing I had to explain was difficult to understand due to lack of direct experience. A real life metaphor usually did the trick.