It is too scientific to explain

 I'm really bad at explaining my clever thought processes. I'm trying to describe the optimum way to solve the puzzles from that maths contest back in May, but find it hard to phrase it better than "Well, I just sort of worked out that this is the answer."

It makes me sound like a bit of a fraud, but I can always take comfort from the fact that Superman would believe me, as shown in Action Comics #236, in 1957:

The scientist is, of course, Lex Luthor in disguise, but Superman isn't at all suspicious of his motives.