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The reason that arrives right after you stopped needing it.
means A statement or account that makes something clear or understandable, often by giving reasons, details, or causes.
from From Latin explanare, 'to make level, flatten out, make plain' — built from ex- ('out') plus planus ('flat, level'), the same planus that gives us 'plain' and 'plane.' The image is wonderfully literal: to explain something is to smooth out its wrinkles until it lies flat enough to see. It reached English in the late Middle Ages by way of the noun explanatio.
- etymology
- From Latin explanare, meaning to make flat or level
- too many
- Overexplaining often signals guilt more than clarity
- physics limit
- Some quantum events have no deeper why, only how
- occam's edge
- The simplest explanation usually wins, not the cleverest
- science fuel
- Every theory is just an explanation awaiting its own funeral