Just remember neither of the pilots that dropped the atomic bomb on
Japan in WWI had any idea what would be the results, but any physicists
can tell you down to the minute detail what happened.
Most of us down here in the swamp in the early days when endurance was
new down here figured it out and managed to finish 100's- without a lot
of outside help.
It all gets down to how people approach things. While a "mentor" may be
able to provide some "sage advice" they probably don't know me or my
horse and how we best operate.
I remember the hall of fame baseball player Reggie Jackson once
commenting that that he was put into the hall of fame by a guy who
couldn't even make it in the minor leagues. The difference - the coach
knew the mechanics of hitting a baseball, he just didn't have the eye
hand coordination to apply it. Reggie Jackson has the eye hand
coordination and with the help of his coach became know as "Mr. Octobe
