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I've recently spent an evening with a guy, who when asked any sort of question, would go into a long-form, several-paragraph-wide explanation of the phenomena.

Except if you actually paid attention to what he was saying, you'd realize that he was simply quoting the definitions of things he had learned over a sufficient time. He had a great vocabulary as well, and would put it in a good, well-versed academic paragraph.

The fact is that, unless you seriously paid attention to what he was saying - you'd think he's making a really deep point about something you don't understand. In actuality - he was simply going from one definition to another.

The amount of effort required to refute him is way above it takes him to blab about anything. He'd go around the issue without ever answering the question.




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