Feynman Technique Explainer
Explain [complex concept] as if teaching it to a curious 12-year-old with no background knowledge
Prompt
Explain [complex concept] as if teaching it to a curious 12-year-old with no background knowledge. Use: (1) A single concrete everyday analogy as the foundation. (2) Build up from first principles — no jargon without immediate definition. (3) One "aha moment" — the counterintuitive thing that makes it click. (4) A simple mental model they can carry. (5) Check understanding: 3 questions they could answer if they got it. (6) Where this concept shows up in real life.
How to use this prompt
- 1
Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
- 2
Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
- 3
Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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