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Re: What is understanding?

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Originally Posted by infamous
Your professor is making a very good point here. Many times in the middle of the actual teaching process, the teacher will themselves learn a, hitherto, unrecognized fact. From my own perspective, understanding is simply the ability to make a decision based upon present information. This should be obvious for the simple reason that as time passes, we all change our minds and perceptions about some things we thought we understood. So in truth, understanding can be at times, only a temporary state of existence. Remember; The more things change, the more they remain the same...........................Infy
I think this quote catches the meaning of understand also.


Bloch observed "the artist chooses the media and the goal of every artist is to become fluent enough with the media to transcend it. At some point you pass from playing the piano to playing music."
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