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themann1086 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: Need Some Info

I need to ask a question of someone who's read Stranger In A Strangeland more recently than I have.

What would be a short, logical answer to the question "Do you grok?" I know this seems obscure but it's a clue in a game I'm playing.
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ChristianLib · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject:

Mann,

It's probably been more years since I read it than you, but I'm not sure the question is exactly framed right. (Their question, not yours.)

The big GROK! meant that an idea had been grasped.

"Do you Grok?", though, could well just mean, "Do you understand?" or "Do you get it?"

themann1086 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

Yah, we're pretty sure that's the implication. The phrase that came to my mind was "Thou art God". *shrugs* just looking for clues. Gotta love puzzle ARGs...
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Political Games: Where the fuck's the reset button?!

"Should we remain in [Iraq]? If you answer 'yes,' then you must accept all the necessary consequences."

"Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence." -George Orwell

"Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance" -Daniel Davies

"Atheists believe that humans are enough, that our lives are worth something by themselves and that we have the power and freedom to invest value in ourselves and others. [Religion teaches] that humans are fundamentally small and weak and have no ability to invest in themselves and others without making up a Sky Fairy to pass out those judgments." -Amanda Marcotte

BarthiShieldbasher · Wise One Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 1191

Oh man I love Stranger in a Strange Land! Maybe I should read it again after I am done with A Song of Ice and Fire.

Anyways, grok is from the Martian verb to drink so "grok" is not simply understanding, but to take it in fully as if one were drinking.

It is safe to say that if the question was "Thou art God, do you grok?" the answer would be no as your Earthling mind simply could not handle the information.

Edit: As a side note, the religion Michael Valentine forms complete withc communal living, nudism, and polyamory were my inspiration for Xantar's space orgy. It was not as some people have accused me of simply having a lust to write Space Smut.
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Davelaw · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Need Some Info

ScaledMystic · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

Mannie, did you ever solve the puzzle in that game?
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