: Why does a concept makes more sense, when it is explained with an example?

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How is that we understand better with examples.

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The physicist Richard Feynman said that, when listening to an explanation of a new thing, he would construct a concrete example of the thing in his head. Then he could modify and manipulate this in his head as he listened. By comparing his mental model with the explanation, he could look for differences and contradictions.

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