In my early 30's I was trained to use abstractions to think.
Before, I used intuition and looked for confirming evidence.
I struggled before I learned about abstractions.
I then built a career solving hard problems.
The problems were often created by people who could not use abstractions to understand what was happening to their business.
Now I realize that this "skill" is not shared by everyone.
I cannot use abstractions in an argument and succeed. They don't understand them.
@jurban I feel you.