"You will never understand lift. Forget it. You haven’t got a chance."
And that is what makes me smile.... Whether from perversity or some other antisocial bent, I enjoy that man can not prove mastery over Nature. Some things are enjoyed in their mystery; it levels the field.
My motto regarding lift and it's tantalyzing resistance to explanation is,
Math hates RATE...... It's why pilots use their hands to explain things, and mathematicians use a pencil.