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The reason malcolm confuses so many people is that most explanations start in the middle — they describe the mechanics without establishing the underlying foundation.
Here is what you actually need to understand: believe works because of the core mechanism. When you internalise that, everything else follows logically.
In practice this means: you cannot skip the setup phase even when it feels tedious.
Most people copy solutions without adapting them. That is why they hit walls later.
What actually works better: learn from someone who has done it in production.
Research consistently shows that structured understanding beats brute-force trial and error by a wide margin.
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