So by "feigned reflex" you mean "lying or pretending automatically"? What you are describing has nothing to do with being surprised that someone is, e.g. trying

So by "feigned reflex" you mean "lying or pretending automatically"? What you are describing has nothing to do with being surprised that someone is, e.g. trying to write a bitcoin client without understanding what a socket or IP address is. I love Recurse, but the social rules are like padded corners for folks who need help that Recurse isn't equipped to provide, not something to take life lessons from. Every good team has junior folks who, by comparison, really simply just don't know jack shit about technology. Every single person came into this world without knowing anything and they need to feel like they belong as much as folks with 40 years of experience fiddling bits. The root issue here is folks coming out of psychologically traumatizing competitive conditioning. You don't see any montessori kids complaining about anyone being surprised they're doing something without knowing a prerequisite.