I think the question is, "coherent to whom"? Knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. You and I are certainly in different states of consciousness, so our ability to make the connections differs.
Obviously, I'm working on a higher level of abstraction where the relationships between the variables are less obvious. However, that doesn't mean the connections, the relationships aren't there. I simply may have assumed too much of a knowledge base in my audience.
You stepped in it with this remark. Knowledge is truth, for knowledge implies facts, and not mere claims, What you are atempting to claim with this statement is in essence that there is no truth, or that truth is relative, or that what is true for one person may not be true for another. On its face, this argument must fail. If one thing is true, the opposite cannot be true. What you are arguing is a humanist position. Francis Schaeffer put it this way. There is a thesis and an anti-thesis. One or the other is true, but both can't be true. What you are attempting to do is called synthesis; in other words, you are attempting to reconcile two opposites into one position. It simply cannot be accomplished while maintaining any degree of intellectual honesty.
Obviously, I'm working on a higher level of abstraction where the relationships between the variables are less obvious.
Your "higher level of abstraction" is nothing more than an simplistic and ineffective defense mechanism for your inability to articulate a position for which there is no support. If you were really all that bright, one would think you could at least offer an understandable argument. In this case, you cannot; mainly because there is no reasonable argument.
However, that doesn't mean the connections, the relationships aren't there.
Here you are admitting you have no reasonable argument and that your claims are based on mere speculation.
I simply may have assumed too much of a knowledge base in my audience.
Quite the contrary; you failed to realize that there are a number (in your case, a very large number) of Freepers who are actually much smarter than you. The problem is not the lack of knowledge on the part of your audience, it is your own lack of knowledge.