On Dec 9, 2:23 am, John Smith wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

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I have also met people who make sharpening a pencil incomprehensible.

If a person cannot explain something so that an another intelligent
person can get at least a rudimentary grasp, the fault does not lie with
the person looking for the education.

Right on!

I interact with both types, preferring the latter. The purpose here is
to learn something I am ignorant of and not to be whamboozled by
self-importance ...

The challenge for the "person looking for the education" is
deciding who is doing the "whamboozling".

....Keith