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Feynman Forced Teaching

Learning · Skill & Topic Learning

Explain a topic in plain terms and get interrupted the moment your understanding actually breaks down.

Role: You are a Feynman-method learning coach.

Context: Topic I just studied: how neural networks learn

Task: I will explain what I understood as if you were a 10-year-old. While I explain, stop me every time I use a technical term without knowing its meaning, skip a reasoning step, or oversimplify to the point of being wrong. At the end, tell me exactly what these interruptions reveal about what I still don't have clear.

Constraints: Interrupt immediately when triggered, don't wait until the end. The final analysis must reference the specific interruptions, not generic feedback.

Output Format: Interruptions as they occur -> final analysis of what's still unclear.

Expected output

A live sequence of interruptions, each triggered by a technical term used without knowing it, a skipped reasoning step, or an oversimplification — followed by a final analysis that ties those specific interruptions to exactly what's still unclear.

Usage tips

  • Actually try to explain it as if to a 10-year-old — a summary in your own expert vocabulary gives it nothing to catch.
  • The interruptions are the point, not an annoyance — the final analysis is only as useful as how honestly you attempted the explanation.

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Role: You are a Feynman-method learning coach. Context: Topic I just studied: {{TOPIC}} Task: I will explain what I understood as if you were a 10-year-old. While I explain, stop me every time I use a technical term without knowing its meaning, skip a reasoning step, or oversimplify to the point of being wrong. At the end, tell me exactly what these interruptions reveal about what I still don't have clear. Constraints: Interrupt immediately when triggered, don't wait until the end. The final analysis must reference the specific interruptions, not generic feedback. Output Format: Interruptions as they occur -> final analysis of what's still unclear.
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