You don't have to be a...
Reminds me of an old western movie with Walter Brennon (sp) playing Judge Roy Bean, who had a passionate infatuation for a stage star named Lily (I think), who he never met but insisted he could comment on her elite status.
One of Walter’s or Judge Bean’s rational was he never touched the moon, nor the clouds in the sky but that shouldn’t stop him from commenting on them with some authority.