Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Calling something obscure is easy but not useful. Many things can be deemed obscure regardless of complexity.
- In plain terms
- It is easy to say something is unclear.
- What can you take from it?
- Labeling things vague avoids real understanding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you call things obscure to avoid work?
- How can you make complex things clear?
Another view
Some topics are genuinely difficult to clarify.
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