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Ask him to explain in full detail how the flushing mechanism of a WC works. Then ask him if he uses any alternative solution he understands better. I think it
by jose_zap 6y ago
Ask him to explain in full detail how the flushing mechanism of a WC works. Then ask him if he uses any alternative solution he understands better.
I think it is quite common, even for people who want to understand things at a fundamental level, to just use stuff without said understanding.
- tluyben2 6y agoIt is not so consistent; I guess when they think about it consciously, they want to understand it. For all the rest (more low level, a WC etc) they, inconsistently, do not care. It is not really for me to change their behaviour, I just know that some of them are really crippled by this.
- jose_zap 6y agoI agree, there is no point in trying to change their behavior, we can at best understand them and offer alternatives
- akho 6y agoWhat sort of hidden knowledge do you see in the flushing mechanism? It’s pretty straightforward. (If you don’t want to go into how plastics are made, &c — but that stretches the metaphor way too far)
- jose_zap 6y agoI would personally have trouble naming all of the pieces in the flushing mechanism and being able to put y them together if I asked someone to buy them for me. That’s seems to be the same for many people I know.
- somethingsome 6y agoIt is not because you cannot name something that you don't understand something, even in profound levels.. the knowledge of the name is only conventional against the underlaying mechanism. It suffice to repair one wc, one time to have a pretty good idea on how it work without much effort
- akho 6y agoIt’s easy to do. You should get at least some more handy friends — or become one yourself: it will broaden your understanding of your environment, most things are very easy to fix and change.