Sniffnoy comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:35PM

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Comment author: pjeby 22 January 2010 02:28:03AM 5 points [-]

Well, anything mathematical would be an exception to that, at the least.

If you really grasp something mathematical, you ought to be able to apply it -- at least in principle.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 22 January 2010 09:01:35AM 2 points [-]

OK but that's not really what "control" normally means, is it? "Manipulate" might be a better word here.

Comment author: RobinZ 22 January 2010 12:43:36PM 2 points [-]

"Manipulate" would also extend the thinking-as-holding metaphor of "grasp".

(I have to admit that I was confused by "control" as well.)