Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR | WIRED

CRISPR is a new area of biomedical science that enables gene editing and could be the key to eventually curing diseases like autism or cancer. WIRED has challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain this concept to 5 different people; a 7 year-old, a 14 year-old, a college student, a grad student and a CRISPR expert.

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Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR | WIRED

[Arrowo]

Level 1 : what you learn
Level 5 : what you get on a test

[captainwafflez]

Level 1: Explaining
Level 2: Deeper Explaining
Level 3: Conversation
Level 4: Discussion
Level 5: *Interview*

[andee]

Level 2: my knowledge before a test
Level 5: what my classmates are discussing before a test

[gummyjellyfishy]

"i'm allergic to penicillin and azithromycin" - round of applause for the parents

[thisguy]

Notice how the video shifts from explaining crispr to debating crispr.

[frann]

People: i just don’t think people should be able to use it for cosmetic purposes

Scientists: bold of you to assume we know how to do that.

[JETC]

2:44 I love how she just drops the P53 protein knowledge out there all the sudden. Definitely subverted the expectations of a lot of viewers there I bet.

[trashfourlife]

7:17
*Level 5*
Me: _hol theres a little under 10 mins left there_

[feiyuin]

lv 1: teaches CRISPR
lv 2: quizzes CRISPR
lv 3: surveys CRISPR
lv 4: reviews CRISPR
lv 5: advertises CRISPR

[Ascii]

To kid: have you heard of CRISPR? Do you know what the genome is?
To expert: can we have Jurassic Park?

[m.g_]

Exactly how my biology degree is going, the more you learn the more it goes into ethics

[carter-dquo]

Level 1: he teaches
Level 2: he teaches a little bit deeper
Level 3: he has a basic conversation, but he knows a little more
Level 4: they both know about the same and have a back and forth discussion
Level 5: *he gets taught by the interviewee*

[forFreestyle]

kid: “I’m allergic to penicillin and azithromycin”

me: *is wondering how i skipped all the way to the grad student*

[iwillbustyou]

"If you can't explain a subject simply, then you don't know it well enough" - Einstein

[Skyjy]

How an oversea student feels about this video clip:

Level 1: English Beginners
Level 2: English course textbooks
Level 3: What IELTS/TOEFL will test on
Level 4: Daily conversation
Level 5: University Lectures

[cai]

Child: im allergic to penicillin
Expert: i love jurassic park oH mY-

[resrevr]

I'm in the level between child and the exact moment before the teen mentioned P53

[DhiaAbdelli]

I like how he changes his sitting position depending on the level. Also, the amount of information he's providing decreases by levels and it becomes more of a conversation than some kind of course. Great video!

[nder]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
-Albert Einstein

[zipity]

I love how at first he’s teaching them, by end he’s getting taught like literally just listening.