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As mentioned in the posts abstractions are leaky. You can't drive a car without having a rough knowledge about how it works or how forces act upon your car but
by DasIch 16y ago
As mentioned in the posts abstractions are leaky. You can't drive a car without having a rough knowledge about how it works or how forces act upon your car but if you drive a hybrid you don't have to know how the engines interact nor do you need to know how energy is stored when you brake. If you are interested in that you take a look otherwise you accept that it just works.
- wccrawford 16y agoActually, all I need to know is the controls and the daily maintenance, like putting gas in it. All the rest can be left to a specialist. I don't have to care anything about why pushing 1 pedal makes it go forward and the other slows it down. Or how turning a wheel changes the direction. Or how various buttons activate various features. They just do, and that's good enough. (I'm not actually ignorant of these things, but it certainly wasn't necessary to learn them. I chose to. It hasn't really helped me much, except to satisfy my curiosity.)