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solarhexes
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solarhexes
3y ago
You’ve decided that your definition of “understanding” is correct. Ok.
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solarhexes
3y ago
If by “understand” you mean “can model reasonably accurately much of the time” then maybe you’ll find consensus. But that’s not a universal definition of “understand”. For example, if I asked you whether you “understand” ballistic flight,
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solarhexes
3y ago
I think it’s just that’s the word you’ve been taught to use. It’s divorced from the meaning of its constituent parts, you aren’t saying “an American of African descent” you’re saying “black” but in what was supposed to be some kind of polit
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solarhexes
3y ago
> at no point has it been a street of any particular prominence It’s a good street, Brent. (There’s actually good motorcycle parking just off Market I used to use all the time when I worked downtown.)
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solarhexes
3y ago
I wonder how well you’ll be able to see the sun? It seems like you might struggle to look high enough as the flight is midday?