When I worked in Palau as a dive guide, I had to pay attention to the water, the weather, the divers, the boat, and quite a few other variables. My boat driver (Jimmy) and I viewed many things with the same glasses, so to speak. We rarely spoke to each other, because by looking at the set of circumstances in front of us we came to the same conclusions: where to dive, how to get there, which divers would be problematic.... When we went fishing it was the same way. When others came with us- Jimmy or most of the other boat drivers- the off island guests talked alot and missed most of the wonders to see. The certainly appeared less intelligent to myself and the Palauans. But it was due to the bushman in the desert effect. BTW Palauans are matriarcal, and they have traditional chiefs. democrats and democracy shouldn't be there at all.