[The Cajun]

Or, who perhaps were all from Missouri and had to see things with their own eyes and handle them with their own hands to believe things were remotely real [a rather impossible way to live, BTW].

LOL, don't knock that too much, made a difference with me.

[Quix]

I highly treasure, cherish first hand knowledge and learning, too.

When it’s not available, one has to make do with other levels.