steve (11/08/82)
does anyone know the term "grok"?
robert1 (11/08/82)
Re "Grok???": For the (operational) definition of this word, by way of a variety of insights into how we think (e.g., what is "funny", which is also investigated in Heinlein's 's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," via an inquisitive computer), see Robert A Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land," where a visitor to our planet (Michael Valentine), introduces us to a new way of thinking ("GROK"ing). One of my favorites! FANatically yours, Robert Duncan Bell Labs, Chicago ihuxx!robert1
rol (11/08/82)
See Robert A. Heinlein "Stranger in a Strange Land"
palmer (11/08/82)
Grok comes from Heinlein's 'Stranger In a Strange Land' and means 'to understand to the point of being one with.'
csc (11/08/82)
A term meaning "to totally understand, to be one with" something.
>From Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land"
I'm sure you all know this anyway,
Jan Gray, ...watmath!csc
djb (11/09/82)
"Grok", by the way, is in my Webster's unabridged dictionary! David Bryant cbosg!djb
stewartd@sri-unix (11/11/82)
Of Course! It's the word that means something like "ultimate understanding" in Martian. From Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. David Stewart
jmb (11/12/82)
It's from Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein. jmb
garret (11/14/82)
Of course we all know about GROK, this is sf-lovers not sf-dabblers. No need for everyone to post such an answer to such an easy question, may as well just reply to the asker.
rfs (11/18/82)
I believe the word GROK was first used in a poem by Lawrence Ferlingetty (sp?). Rich