The real difficulty in my mind is how do we justify opaque knowledge? How does the opaqueness of knowledge transfer hinder the transfer from even occurring?

The Heisenberg Uncertainty principle at work.

There’s an inherent information asymmetry that is difficult to overcome. That’s why we have degrees, certifications, job titles, resumes; but they don’t eliminate the information asymmetry, they only help justify it.

Instead of justifying the opaqueness, I’m interested in finding ways to eliminate it.