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In the last few decades, technological progress has proceede [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2019, 06:44
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In the last few decades, technological progress has proceeded at such a dizzying rate that, beyond the obvious advantages a given technology confers on the user, the non-specialist becomes ______ when pressed to explain how anything really works.



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Re: In the last few decades, technological progress has proceede [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2019, 11:47
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Technology is very advanced. If it was very basic, we could explain it easily. Since it is advanced, though, anyone who isn't a specialist has no idea how things work. We're all confused.

"Baffled" and "perplexed" capture this meaning of being confused when trying to explain advanced technology.
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