[namaria]

I agree, but I've experienced quite often people refusing to care about context. Often some variant of "I don't know about that, I only do X".

[wil421]

Or “I have to X, Y, and Z. To get the result I want.” Only to find out X and Y haven’t mattered in years and they only do it because it’s on the form.

[namaria]

Well that's rote learning for you, but I don't think it's the same issue as people avoiding knowing about context. I've met very smart people who know their silos quite well and refuse to acknowledge any picture bigger then they need to, strictly speaking.