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Copyright © by Nila Gaede 2008
1. To communicate ideas with images
2. To make a movie of your theory
Illustrate differs from explain in that it invokes only objects. An illustration is a silent movie. It should be
self-explanatory. A silent movie is objective and does not need the testimony of a mathematician.
A presenter unable to present his theory with images does not have a valid physical interpretation for a
natural phenomenon. His alleged theory has nothing to do with the real world or with Science. The first
step of the scientific method is to present the objects that will play a relevant role in the theory. We cannot
illustrate 0-D points, 1-D lines, or 4-D hyperspheres or tesseracts. For the purposes of Science, all figures
must either be 2-D or 3-D.
Abstract concepts such as love, justice, location, energy, mass, force, field, and time cannot be illustrated.
They do not qualify as illustrations for the purposes of Science. Thus, such concepts cannot serve as the
ultimate hypotheses to explain a physical phenomenon. A concept is itself a theory. We cannot place
theories in lieu of images on a screen. In Science, it is irrational to do 'physics' with concepts.
synonyms: picture, photograph, frame, sculpture, mockup, example