Definitely less patronizing, yes. I like it very much, but that works better in a situation where you can see that they already understand X/Y/Z reasonably well

Definitely less patronizing, yes. I like it very much, but that works better in a situation where you can see that they already understand X/Y/Z reasonably well. I guess I was trying to present the worst possible situation, where it seems like they are stumbling around with concepts that seem to be over their heads, and then I think the risk of being patronizing is worth the value of being as honest as possible.