May be that is an extreme abstract/top-down thinker. Nothing makes much sense outside of the larger context or in a meaningless context. Or believing everything is inherently more complex than given. And complexity generally increases as grades go up.
e.g.
Q: If Mary picks 3 apples and Billy picks 5 pineapples, how much fruit do they have together.
A: I can't tell you how many fruit they have until you tell me where they live that has both apples and pineapples growing together.
...or the divergent thinker...
A: That's ridiculous; apples grow on deciduous trees.
...or thinking too much...
A: 11.5 (pounds)
Sigh... that's me. An apparently simple question will have SO many possible answers that I'll a) get overwhelmed and my brain will seize up like an engine out of oil, or b) I'll start talking and the next thing I know my husband will have said "Are you STILL talking?" and the kids (the curious ones!!) will have left the room and my husband will say "and yet you're still talking!"
