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I think this is more analogous to "know and understand that your car is powered by an engine and also vaguely get how it works."

To be entirely fair, we have this exact same problem with cars. The sheer number of people who do not understand they need to change oil, rotate tires, and swap wiper blades is also too high. Even being able to change a tire yourself is considered advanced!



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