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Some of us are perfectly qualified to understand them and the nuances.

A plot that requires the reader to be perfectly qualified is a bad plot.

They teach this to 15 year olds in the UK.

If it's a bad plot, perhaps some introspection is required...

They also teach pie charts and use color scales with non-uniform brightness. Just because it's possible to read a plot doesn't make it a good plot.