As I recall, the truest way to grok another person was to consume them. Their consciousness lived on in you. Gives a whole new meaning to intersubjectivity.
Don Cunningham
Indiana University
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Whitson [mailto:twhitson@UDel.Edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:00 PM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: grokker search engine
Well, I guess we could google the word "grok"
or better yet, we could grok grok:
http://www.grokker.com/applet.html?mapKey=708e6a18%3A103c89c94a5%3A-7fe6&query=grok
On Tue, 10 May 2005, David H Kirshner wrote:
>
> Neat site, Steve.
>
> For those who don't know the origins, grok, as I recall it, was the word for "know" or "understand" in Robert A. Heinlein's classic,
> sci fi, '60s era cult book, Stranger in a Strange Land. It means, literally, "to drink."
>
> David
>
>
> Steve Gabosch <sgabosch@comcast.net>
> 05/10/2005 06:52 PM MST
> Please respond to xmca
>
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> cc:
> bcc: David H Kirshner/dkirsh/LSU
> Subject: grokker search engine
>
>
> Here is an interesting search engine I just ran across that categorizes and
> diagrams search results into nested circles and squares. Some xmcaer's
> will get a kick out of its name "grokker" and the button you click to begin
> a search: "grok." I tried "Vygotsky" and was impressed - many interesting
> sites, papers, etc. show up. Dunno if it will work very well for anyone
> trying to find something specific, but it might be helpful for certain
> kinds of browsing.
>
> http://www.grokker.com/
>
> - Steve
>
>
>
Tony Whitson
UD School of Education
NEWARK DE 19716
twhitson@udel.edu
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