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 Originally Posted by spoonitnow
Originally Posted by eugmac
I struggle to see that some people have no ability to understand concepts, but it may be true, but I doubt it. If people have some sort of mental disability, than what can I do?
Not everybody is a genius like you.
In all seriousness though, one type of genius is one that IS able to conceive and understand abstract concepts much more easily than the average human being. Einstein and Mozart, for example. Clearly, the opposite of genius is possible in this regard.
All concepts for all things are abstract in some degree, and unless you seriously have some sort of disability, you are more than capable of working through most of them. (Note this is the collective you, not you personally.)
I think your own reply was a function of fear and/or laziness. I say fear because one reaction the ego has when it approaches something that might be difficult is to come up with reasons why you will fail before you even attempt whatever it is so that you don't feel so much pain if you fail (procrastination works similarly). I say laziness for obvious reasons, although you certainly might not be.
No, I totally agree with the spirit of the OP. I personally am the type that needs to understand the basic underlying concepts before I can feel comfortable actually DOING something (like making poker decisions). I.e. I see myself as a thinker more than a doer. This at the same time makes me the type that is very slow to make decisions ('cause I'm thinking about it for too damn long, duh).
Many people can drive a car, and can drive it pretty well, but can also be happily oblivious to how an automobile engine works, etc. You can bet though, that any Formula-1 racer knows and understands all the bits and pieces of his car like the back of his hand.
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