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How To Understand Things
I find that a lot of people use words and terms without knowing what they mean; they’re sort of hiding behind their own talk. My Ph.D. is in applied mathematics. My advisor used to say, “If you can’t explain it, you don’t know it.” If you can’t put it in regular, simple language that people can understand, then you don’t really know what you’re tal
... See moreJeff Bridges • The Dude and the Zen Master
If one had asked Jesus, after the parable in Mark 7, why he spoke so cryptically, he might well have replied with the famous and (otherwise) puzzling words from Mark 4:11–12: so that they may look and look but never see, and hear and hear but never understand.132 If they were really to see or understand there might be a riot. Those who have ears wi
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already.” — Tolstoy
I’m reminded of an amusing parable wherein a young student approaches the local guru and declares scornfully that he has thought about it and has decided that he is an atheist. The student is surprised that, rather than being shocked or angry, the teacher seems pleased. “What are you happy about?” demands the perplexed student. “I have just told yo
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