I speak of those whose minds work aided only by their own biases; they believe themselves bright knowledge-seekers and only prove themselves ignorant in their haste to mimic what they consider "smart." If they have potential, they'll not uncover it that way.
Cognitive categorization is a skill I'm well-versed in, but not a skill that must be constantly called upon. The specialist will bend and break his data to suit the few categories that he knows, but the generalist must see more— that which cannot be categorized. [ a smirk. ] Yet is that not a category of its own?