He could barely comprehend the concept anymore.
I myself have always hated the contortions of conspiracy theorists: people scarcely able to comprehend the concept of statistical variation, but with the most wonderful belief in the Machiavellian genius and discipline of their opponents.
In college, at L.S.U., Dreher was a leftist who invited Abbie Hoffman to campus; he tried to debate politics with his father, who once responded, in genuine bewilderment, "Why would I lie to you?" It was as though his dad couldn't comprehend the concept of difference.
He claims that modern man or at least, the brain of modern man– hasn't adapted to, and thus can't fully comprehend, the concept of mass media.
His office now actively uses Twitter but follows no one, suggesting that the authorities have yet to comprehend the concept of online dialogue and interaction as a key feature of the social media.
To that end, a systematic literature review was executed, through which 102 published articles were analyzed with the aim to, initially, comprehend the concept of Zero Waste, and, then, map its benefits, challenges, and critical success factors.
Based on students' answers, the instructor would quickly show the corresponding slides on the PowerPoint to help students visualize and comprehend the concepts presented more easily.
They also commented on how some of the video lectures had background noise, which made it difficult for them to easily follow along and fully comprehend the concepts being explained by the instructor.
This distinction is important: lower-order cognitive skills build upon one another, such that asking students to comprehend requires that they also know, so if TAs are asking students to recall knowledge, but the expectation is that they comprehend the concepts, there is a degree of misalignment between what is expected of students and what is assessed.
If you truly comprehend the concepts and applications presented to you, you'll be much more likely to succeed in any timed assessment, especially if your instructor(s) throw a "curveball" and test your ability to synthesize multiple ideas.
As yet, we haven't figured out how to build a machine that fully comprehends the concept of "dinner", much less something as abstract as "harm" or "protection".
