Sometimes when I see programming experts trying to help new learners I imagine what would happen if we were a driving school:

"The gas pedal makes the car go, right?"

"Well, only if the engine is started, and not if you are out of gas, and not if the car is in neutral, and not if the car is parked against a wall, and not if the parking brake is on, and it shouldn't be called a gas pedal in an electric car, and, and, and...."