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15 Post author: lukeprog 07 February 2011 02:51AM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 08 February 2011 06:02:19PM 0 points [-]

I agree that there's no commonly used term for what you want to describe, and "knowledge haver" is just as problematic. Ideally, people will alternate between being a mentor and learner throughout their lives -- the process never ends.

Btw, though my article on this matter is ballooning, the advice for "teachers" amounts to:

a) Actually understand the subject matter yourself, in the sense of having a model that connects to your understanding of everything else. (Obligatory plug: that means Level 2.)

b) Identify the nearest point of common understanding ("nepocu"), and work back to your own understanding from there.