I think it's just something I try to remind myself of whenever I
   start to consider somebody as "stupid". Instead of 'blaming the
   victim' as it were, I try to remind myself that I'm just not as
   good a communicator as I think I am, and I have to either accept
   that, or try harder. -- That's awesome though. I mean, who's
   really the perfect communicator? I mean, Mr Rogers was _really_
   good - one of the best honestly. Can't think of anybody better
   than him. I read a book about Certainty once in the library a
   few months back. [well, I skimmed it... I hardly read anything
   cover-to-cover] and it brought up some fascinating things about
   certainty and how it can lead us into some pretty big mistakes
   that we're blind to _because_ of our certainty. Certainty is
   basically an emotion and the stories we tell to justify our
   certainty are always done after-the-fact. In the case he was
   making, it was a danger of scientific hubris. So if you feel
   awkward and uncertain about your communication skills, I
   consider that an excellent thing because really, uncertainty is
   the reality and certainty the illusion. Keeps me on my toes
   anyway as I have to be ready-to-be-wrong at any given moment,
   while ALSO trying hard to 'get it right' :)*