Quote Originally Posted by dys View Post
I'm getting discouraged. Seeing a lot of 'perceptive blocks' out of otherwise intelligent people on some of the most simple and self evident truth out there. There seems to be a 'paradox of simplicity' that arises when a reasonably intelligent adult encounters simplicity as truth. My experience is that their natural tendency is to try to intellectualize it away, or worse- claim a complexity to the concept that doesn't exist. Some of the best prospects don't intellectualize, they simply can't or won't grasp simplicity.

dys
That's probably because once you know the truth, it seems simple. It's not.