Quite right Crab
most of us mere mortals think it is pretty straightforward
unfortunately some just can't see it - do you want them to die or do you want to tell them how it works?
(incidentally in your
exceptional case I am not sure you do understand how it works)
It's like explaining how to walk - it's easy to walk, hard if you can't and difficult to explain. If you can't walk perhaps you need to go on a CRM course and be told how wreckless arrogant and irresponsible you are? But I don't think it'll get you to walk.
Here's a crack at some fundamentals (bit of a rush):
1 You can't rely on seeing clouds to avoid them - they are often indistinct - you have to fly to places which are clearly not clouds. Positive assurance of flight path.
2 The furthest cue you can see is important you must keep being able to see it or further.
3 If the furthest cue disappears you must respond to that immediately (since you are on a path which will lead to IMC) even if you can still (for the time being) see a good distance.
4 You must have slowed already to a speed which permits you to slow further sufficiently whilst descending to maintain visual contact ahead of you.
5 The angle you can descend at is limited by your energy. You must not have so much energy that you are forced to fly horizontally when you need to be descending.
5.5 you need to keep your collective (energy input) loose and ready to change on a constantly re-evaluating basis - faster/slower higher/lower
6 You need to understand parallax. (like a piece of mountain's relative motion against its background) (same for clouds)
that's all for now , gotta go, must be many others who can complete this liost