Like the theologian crazed by his theory of the New Testament in Borges's short story Three Versions of Judas, I was gibberingly convinced that I, and I alone, understood the real meaning of the Toy Stories; John Lasseter had spoken directly to me.
Initially I did not know who was laughing, and I could not grasp the concept of hallucinations let alone understand that I was experiencing them.
She certainly understands enough to know that my dad jokes deserve a contemptuous and exasperated cry of "Daaaaaad!" But she may never grasp something as abstract as a graph, let alone understand what I write.
Before that, when I was growing up on the west coast of Scotland, I didn't really know, let alone understand, about homosexuality – the word, or what it was.
It comes down to this: I can't curb violence, moderate extremists or bring back the innocent lives that were lost for reasons I can't even fathom let alone understand.
It's either incredibly clever – working at levels I don't even know exist, let alone understand – or it's ridiculous, given that Cyrus is the most pushed, hyped and manoeuvred child star in recent memory.
I've spoken to development houses working with founders who barely understand cryptocurrency let alone understand their own token sales.
I would estimate the majority of phone users barely know they're using SIM cards let alone understand the entire SIM unlock idea.
He has no quarrel with fellow survivors; they alone understand each other.
Vast canyons incise the seafloor there, inhabited by entire ecosystems that science is yet to study, let alone understand.
