He was quoting me quoting Hegel, talking about the relationship between familiarity and understanding.
Unfortunately English doesn't have the precise distinction that German does, so the translation is a little confusing. To an English speaker "familiar", "known", and "understood" are almost synonymous.
Unfortunately English doesn't have the precise distinction that German does, so the translation is a little confusing. To an English speaker "familiar", "known", and "understood" are almost synonymous.
Many programmers I know use the word "grok" as a stand in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok