[Liberator]

I am a Knower of How.

We've all played NWN: HotU and are familiar with the concept of Knowers.  Beings gifted with ultimate knowledge in very specific areas.

Now I don't claim to posses ultimate knowledge of How, but my knowledge base skews heavily in this direction.

Knowers of How tend to be Technicians and Mechanics as they understand how things work but, tend to get lost and feel stupid when they can't really get much of a grasp on the Why of things.

Knowers of Why tend to be Theoretical "X" or Administrators because they know why things work, but get lost when a Knower of How tries to explain how a thing works.


So look at yourself and tell us whether you are a knower of How or a knower of Why.

*edit*
This explains my lack of aptitude with mathematics.  Mathematics is the science of Why.

[Knight Templar]

..... both.

[ShadowDrakken]

I'm a how, I know how things work, and my constant quest in life is to know the why... without the why, I am lost an unable to function. If someone doesn't tell me why something is, the how is useless and/or pointless.

[Liberator]

You'll know you're a How if the Why is unimportant or incomprehensible to you.

[Singh]

NWN???

bit of both for myself. I know some fair bit of how, and a fair bit of why, but thats it for both

[Ghostavo]

A bit more of why then how...

[Fineus]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
..... both.

I'm inclined to agree, I can tell you how some things work - and I can also tell you why. But it depends on the specific area.

[IceFire]

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[Styxx]

Originally posted by Liberator
I had an epiphany today...

Did it hurt?

[Nico]

yeah, especially when it went through the tight part.

[Flipside]

I'm inclined to agree with Lib to a degree here, most people I have encountered have been thinkers or doers, thinkers can build 3D games in their heads, doers can put together the computer so you can play it
Of course, the two lines blur, I now think nothing of slapping a processor into a motherboard, even when it makes that scary grinding noise as you crank the magic lever, most people who design cars are often pretty good drivers etc.

This is why Rennaisance Men are so hard to come by, they are thinkers and doers.

[Taristin]

I'm both, but I'm lazy, as well, so.. err... I forget what's going on here...

[aldo_14]

Where.

[Ghostavo]

When.

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by Styxx
Did it hurt?

My thoughts exactly.

[Nico]

Don't worry, it's the genes.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I'll have to say both, to an extent.

Why and how can often be used interchangably.
How is blood pumped around the body? - By the heart
Why is blood pumped around the body? - Because the heart does it.

Ok, bad example, but you get my point. I hope.

[jdjtcagle]

How do Atoms work?? - there the make-up of everyhting
Why do Atoms work?? -

Now do you see, Petrarch?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Well I didn't say in all cases, did I?

[diamondgeezer]

For the atoms problem, you can cheat and just say 'the laws of physics' - they govern the how and the why