Reading books and 2+2 vs. Experience

[Triumph36]

Oops. Forgot I posted this - seems like you guys have all offered some good advice.

I think the math analogies are particularly relevant, as well as appeals to experience rather than book learning. I can only think of a few specific things I keep in mind while playing that I learned in a book, and to take the next step, one has to transcend that which is learned in books - even directly contradicting common advice.