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> ... ability to perform complicated abstract reasoning

This seems like it's kicking the can down the road. It is like saying that people need the ability to perform memory. It's tautologically true that these are both necessary for complex learning.

A lot of the challenge for learning systems is figuring out how to help people develop the mental schemas they'll be pumping abstract reasoning through. (Similar to the design of procedural pieces, which most coding lessons focus on!)