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Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone
It's the royal we.
I'd argue that not all knowledge requires a sophisticated understanding of the subject. For example, I have a very general understanding of relativity. It is not sufficient to argue with Q about it, but it is sufficient to argue with your general FTL crackpot.
coberst is right in that you cannot have a sophisticated argument about gay rights with someone with an "Adam and Steve" bumper sticker - but that doesn't mean that you couldn't have a VERY in depth conversation with them about something else - like quantum physics, or agriculture, or welding, or electronics, or something.
Interestingly, the word "sophisticated" and "sophistry" have the same root word.
TFS
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I think that 'sophisticated' is a relative term and is one that has levels. It might be like the term 'hot'. A fourth grader is generally more sophisticated than a first grader, etc.
I would have assumed since both words start with 'soph'
that there would be some kind of relationship.
