Erm, not really, no. I learned enough about a subject to regurgitate what someone else has said and can probably start making inferences from the subject material I know, but no click. But this isn’t a field I know anything about. I have no way of knowing if anything he wrote is likely or unlikely to be true. It sounds good, but that isn’t enough for a click.
The best example of a click I can think of is linear algebra. As soon as I finally got my mind wrapped around 3D matrices and could “visualize” it the whole subject clicked and now 4D matrices, 5D, 2x1, rotations, and pretty much everything else was a cake walk.
Comparing that experience to reading this blog, I know almost nothing more now than when I started. I know no more facts; I know only a few theories; I know a few places to look if the subject interests me later.
That being said, the author of the post likely had a click one day when thinking about sexual reproduction. The end result of that click is the post that he wrote.
But don’t forget that “click” is a fuzzy word. Even if we came up with a clear definition another word would slip into its place because this is not a universal experience. It seems to be common enough to get a word but different enough that we are willing to debate what it means for hours. :)
Erm, not really, no. I learned enough about a subject to regurgitate what someone else has said and can probably start making inferences from the subject material I know, but no click. But this isn’t a field I know anything about. I have no way of knowing if anything he wrote is likely or unlikely to be true. It sounds good, but that isn’t enough for a click.
The best example of a click I can think of is linear algebra. As soon as I finally got my mind wrapped around 3D matrices and could “visualize” it the whole subject clicked and now 4D matrices, 5D, 2x1, rotations, and pretty much everything else was a cake walk.
Comparing that experience to reading this blog, I know almost nothing more now than when I started. I know no more facts; I know only a few theories; I know a few places to look if the subject interests me later.
That being said, the author of the post likely had a click one day when thinking about sexual reproduction. The end result of that click is the post that he wrote.
But don’t forget that “click” is a fuzzy word. Even if we came up with a clear definition another word would slip into its place because this is not a universal experience. It seems to be common enough to get a word but different enough that we are willing to debate what it means for hours. :)