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Yes, that was my intention.
I didn't say I want to know about them. I said I would like to see tutorials so that other people commenting here would know something about them. :)
Yes, partial understanding is counter-productive. But it already exists. For example, I mentioned both K-complexity and computational complexity. What do they have in common? Practically nothing! But I've seen evidence that this is not really understood by all LW commenters. I would like to see presentations that are as technical as necessary to show that they are different concepts dealing with different problems.
As for getting to the technical level necessary to solve problems - well, has the concept of Kolmogorov or Chaitin complexity ever really solved a problem, rather than just clarifying a concept?
K-complexity, probably not. Information theory, yes. Complexity theory, well, I would guess so but I don't have any examples at hand.
Your point about partial understanding already existing is well taken.