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>Handwaving can be a signal that someone doesn't know what they are doing or that they really know what they are doing and until you are far enough along it is hard to tell the difference.

I found it's very easy to distinguish these two when you have another expert ask questions. But if you don't have someone like that in the audience it might take forever. Or at least until you become an expert yourself.




“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso [0]

[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/558213-learn-the-rules-like...




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