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To: HiTech RedNeck

grokked? Isn’t that a scifi Heinlein term?


13 posted on 03/06/2012 2:01:12 PM PST by brivette
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To: brivette

Colloquially it means to understand deeply. To do a darn good job of it.


17 posted on 03/06/2012 2:04:11 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: brivette

Yes, Grok is a Heinlein term. Darned good one, too. From “Stranger In a Strange Land,” if memory serves.


69 posted on 03/06/2012 5:32:11 PM PST by Museum Twenty (To see myself as others see me? Sounds like a terrible fate! I take great comfort in self-delusion.)
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