Body-builders stand out because they are tanned and fit in the exact same way that Mount Everest is not small. Their distressingly unnatural proportions make it tough for them to fit into regular clothes. This is why bodybuilding competitions always involve swimsuits. It also makes it easy to avoid them at parties.

Experts, on the other hand, tend to look just like ordinary people. They can pin you down under a high-intensity barrage of information so fast you won’t know what hit you.

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Notes:

This episode grew out an an e-mail correspondence with Norm Beer.  You can find out more about Norm on his website at: http://www.nkbeer.com.  I want to thank Norm for graciously allowing me to use his real name in the episode.

Also want to thank @Krud for reinforcing the central idea of this episode.  Thanks!

Finally, thanks to @DigitalRob for his kind words.  You can learn more about Rob on his blog at http://mr-williams.net/life/