• @protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      “Grok” is a word invented by Robert Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land. It’s a verb meaning roughly “to understand deeply,” but there’s supposedly no effective English translation. I hate that this dude might ruin the word

      • Flying Squid
        5•2 years ago

        And that, along with the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Bladerunner, marks yet another piece of science fiction that Musk refers to and yet doesn’t understand.