I'm reminded of a quote from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: > "But Raz, you are /educable/, you can learn 'this kind of thing', if by that you mean how to assemble

I'm reminded of a quote from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: > "But Raz, you are /educable/, you can learn 'this kind of thing', if by that you mean how to assemble a Cold Black Mirror. You've spent your whole life, ever since you were Collected, becoming educable." >"Well, maybe you have a point there," I said, remembering the hithero inconceivable sight of Fraa Arsibalt powering up a nuclear reactor. >"But the clincher—and here I'm just imagining how Ala would have framed the argument—is that the whole mission, the journey you and the others are going on, isn't going to be just this. When you get where you're going, who knows what you'll be called upon to do? And then you'll have to draw on everything you know—every aptitude you've ever acquired since you became a fid."