This is an effect with any language that offers a very high degree of abstraction.
I think this is an example of the "Haskell effect" (more typically seen on #haskell), which can be categorised as follows:
1) Someone asks a (usually rather simple) question.
2) People discuss this and provide several straightforward and relevant answers.
3) Out of curiosity (and probably a fair dose of masochism) others then start to golf the solution into the most interesting approach possible.
4) The person that asked the question initially gets lost (but is quite often awed at all the amazing stuff that's going on around them zooming past at light speed).
5) People suddenly remember that there was an initial question and make an attempt to explain the more advanced solutions to the person that asked the question in the first place.
6) They smile and nod and pretend they understand whilst putting a note onto their copious TODO list to someday sit down and try to work out wtf was going on.
7) ???
8) Profit!!!
-- Regards, Casey