It does not feel good enough since it would be ~opening new tabs and~ make me go through a lot more effort than necessary, and it feels like I would be overwhelmed and give up eventually. If there is something that would make "understanding articles as easy as possible" then that would be amazing. I'll probably end up developing this myself...
>It does not feel good enough since it would be ~opening new tabs and~ make me go through a lot more effort than necessary
While you don't need new tabs to google a term with some addons, actual knowledge of the subject, even at a basic level, takes a lot more effort than opening tabs.
I was thinking a Chrome extension to automate this process would be a great way to turn "inaccessible science gibberish" into "Eli5" for a mass of people (I'd like to read that but I'm not willing to do any work other than install a Chrome xtension)
Not sure if that would really work. Understanding science, math, and engineering using analogies leads to misconceptions when one tries to apply them. The math is true understanding. If you understand the equation, then you not only understand the subject, but often what would happen if you tweaked the inputs...etc. Although it would be nice if Wikipedia had an ELI5 section on its physics articles to go through first, so I agree with you there.
