but because he is only focusing on the percentages down, he isn't paying any attention to the percentages up
Just earlier J and I were discussing this concept (of people hyperfocusing on one thing to the exclusion of everything else and literally just blanking when you brought up the other side of things and then deliberately and obviously glossing over it as in no way shape or form as important as the thing they firmly believe in) but in relation to something else.
I'm trying to remember if I used to do this at one stage (probably) and it spins me out a bit.
they see how rudimentary it is in comparison to what has already been developed
Do they think the tech they're working with now has always magically existed since the dawn of time? o_O
This is the funniest part of it, since we work in a company that is considered one of the most innovative in the industry :D
I'm making the kind of face one makes when they're desperately trying to make sense of something while knowing that it's a lost cause XD