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yeah i was referring more to the chemical reactions. the 2+2 example is not the best one but langauge itself is a great case study. once you get fluent enough at any langauge everything just flows, you have a thought and then you compose words to describe it, and the reverse is true, you hear something and your brain just understands. How do we do any of that? no idea
Understood. And yeah, language is definitely an interesting topic. "Why do you say 'So be it' instead of 'So is it'?" Most people will say "I don't know.... all I know if that it sounds correct." Someone will say "it's because it's a preterite preposition past imperfect incantation tense used with an composition participle around-the-clock flush adverb, so clearly you must use the subjunctive in this case." But that's after studying it years later.