Re:Ask HN: Best way to prevent UX arguments with non-UX desi...
by jacquesm on Monday September 06, 2010 @05:40AM
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> It's called instinct, sometimes, taste, other times, experience by yet others.
None of those are 'understanding'.
> Do you think the experienced cook can necessarily explain exactly why some things work and others don't?
No, which means he doesn't understand what he's doing, merely that he's built up empirical knowledge about what works and what doesn't.
He can teach that knowledge to someone else but that's just transferring the 'ritual', not the underlying knowledge.
Don't underestimate all of the cooks though, some of them are quite knowledgeable when it comes to the underlying chemistry and the theories of taste and smell.
None of those are 'understanding'.
> Do you think the experienced cook can necessarily explain exactly why some things work and others don't?
No, which means he doesn't understand what he's doing, merely that he's built up empirical knowledge about what works and what doesn't.
He can teach that knowledge to someone else but that's just transferring the 'ritual', not the underlying knowledge.
Don't underestimate all of the cooks though, some of them are quite knowledgeable when it comes to the underlying chemistry and the theories of taste and smell.