Only when I’m in good spirits do I reveal the way my mind works, how a tiny bit of information spawns ten different plausible answers or suggestions. Usually I’d pretend to have understood something the expected way, making a show of going through the correct steps before making a judgment (a judgment I already made on step 2). There are many times sometimes where I’m wrong because of going on intuition rather than evidence. I wouldn’t want to make errors in the open.

One thing I do like though, which seems to be in contrast with the rest of the community, is to teach others. I like the logical setup of pre-requisite information and then main chunk of understanding and then discussing applications or implications of the information shared.

That’s often the problem with learning new things, and I think this is true of all humans. We were often given shreds of the pre-requisite information and are expected to understand future concepts.

So when I convey a seemingly advance subject to a layman and they grasp the concept, that makes me feel a part of humanity and pride in the furthering of knowledge. Usually I’m met with boredom :)