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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 3586155" data-attributes="member: 7240">So the fact that I play all kinds of games that include tactical challenge like Go, Chess, Axis & Allies, Shogun, Warhammer, D&D, etc. and enjoy them? That's an illusion on my part? Unless you want to start claiming that the world is full of deluded souls who think that like tactical challenge but actually don't and are all involved in a collective delusion, you are going to need a different explanation for the persistent misunderstanding and resentment associated with AoOs lo these many years.I prefer: they just don't mentally click with a lot of otherwise smart people. It happens. I teach for a living and sometimes, there is a bit of mental acrobatics I can do to make a concept understandable and simple for myself. Sometimes the things that work for me work for my students; but sometimes they just don't. Some of the concepts I teach are just tough concepts for a lot of otherwise smart people to grasp, even though they are very easy for me to understand. And it's not just about my teaching skills; some ideas are tough for most people -- for whatever reason -- and that's just the way it is. I think AoOs are in that category.EDIT: And so is calculus.</blockquote>