I catch myself in moments when I’m reading a complex set of information and explaining it to someone and when they don’t understand, I’m like “what do you mean? The info is right there” and then I shut my mouth when I realize it is not processable to them.
Oddly or not really odd, when I’m reading or watching videos, I subtly understand the experience behind it, or from what you call it, going above surface level understanding. It is like putting on a special glass that lets you see how the world really is and you’re wondering if you’re living in a different world.
Basically how it goes is you assimilate new information, past framework is gathered and is updating the current framework, what was your true statement according to your previous framework has now been changed, you cannot adjust back to the old framework because you have a new grasp of the current framework that has been updated.
At this point, is there studying needed for me? I don’t remember the last time I took out a pen and wrote notes, I just conceptually understand everything.
A new side benefit I experienced is I have been watching foreign dramas and movies without the English subtitles and although I don’t understand the spoken language, I can kinda grasp what they are conveying.