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by marcus_holmes 2866 days ago
I usually try to explain this using a sporting analogy, because the people who treat this as a "nerd problem" usually understand and relate to sporting analogies.

Why can't you hit a hole-in-one on every shot on a golf course? You know exactly where the ball is, where the hole is, how far it is, which way the wind is blowing. All you have to do is hit the ball so it goes in the hole. It's definitely possible, there have been hole-in-ones on every green, so why can't you do that for this shot? Are you an incompetent golf player? Are there super-competent golf players who can do this on every shot? Why not? This does not seem difficult to me (but then I've never hit a golf ball in my life). Can you explain why you can't do this, but other people have done it before?

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That's pretty good. Hope you don't mind if I end up using that or a variation in the future.