It's Tedy Bruschi. I don't think many people consider not knowing the members of the NFL being idiotic. Not knowing who the president is, yes, NFL, no. But after all that has been said in the media online and off, those who would still click on such links are probably not the biggest fish in their pond or anyone else's.
OK, we're going to review the misuse of the word 'grok.'
"Grok" is not a real word. It comes from Heinlein's sci-fi book "Stranger in a Strange Land" where, conveniently, it was never really defined (because it was a "martian" word). It has commonly been defined as "getting it".
Unfortunately, "getting it" isn't very well-defined either. Most people seem to define "getting it" or "grokking it" as "agreeing with me." For instance:
VRML didn't grok "cyberspace"
VRML didn't agree with my idea of "cyberspace"
So although the "Why not VRML" post is pretty intelligent, use of the word "grok" by the post's author and a number of other 'geeks' is not. Rather, 'grok' has become merely a euphamistic way to cover the arrogance of the person who is using the word.
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It's Tedy Bruschi. I don't think many people consider not knowing the members of the NFL being idiotic. Not knowing who the president is, yes, NFL, no. But after all that has been said in the media online and off, those who would still click on such links are probably not the biggest fish in their pond or anyone else's.
"Grok" is not a real word. It comes from Heinlein's sci-fi book "Stranger in a Strange Land" where, conveniently, it was never really defined (because it was a "martian" word). It has commonly been defined as "getting it".
Unfortunately, "getting it" isn't very well-defined either. Most people seem to define "getting it" or "grokking it" as "agreeing with me." For instance:
VRML didn't grok "cyberspace"
VRML didn't agree with my idea of "cyberspace"
So although the "Why not VRML" post is pretty intelligent, use of the word "grok" by the post's author and a number of other 'geeks' is not. Rather, 'grok' has become merely a euphamistic way to cover the arrogance of the person who is using the word.