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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 6032331" data-attributes="member: 61026">There is also knowledge that others cannot tell you even if they try. The classic example is: How do you explain color to a man born blind? However, there are other, more trainable situations as well, such as: How do you explain a perfect fifth interval in music to someone accustomed only to log-and-hide drums? Training can teach things that mere explanation never could; hence, experts in their fields can help you learn to experience those types of things, but their mere words will never substitute for actual practice and exposure ("participation") on your part.The esoteric knowledge of some religious mysteries may fall into this same category: the experts would explain it to you if they could, but they cannot, because you have to experience it to know it. I'm half-convinced that the "cannot be told" sorts of knowledge fit into your category number 2, above ("Specialized Details"); however, these sorts of knowledge might fall outside of that into a separate category of their own.(I should have put this into an s-block, shouldn't I? Ah, phooey on that.)</blockquote>