I disagree. As a professional educator, I can tell you that the lesson is much better learned if the student has to work hard to learn it than if the teacher hands it to the student on a silver platter.
Do I understand how Apex creates his fib-confluence zone charts? No, not yet. But I have confidence that if I look at enough of them, sooner or later the light will start to dawn. The time and effort required for this to occur will make the lesson that much more valuable.
Would I mind if Apex dropped a few subtle hints? No, not a bit.
But I do not aspire to learn Apex methods by rote. I want to learn them from first principles. That's the only way to gain a deep understanding, to gain true insight. And that's the only kind of learning that is really worth doing.
I've spent my entire life tackling new fields of study, ultimately mastering them, and then teaching what I've learned to others. I've never failed to master a subject to which I really applied myself. Thinking back, the only subject I failed to master (quite spectacularly) was golf.
