After a dozen years of study my own comprehension of Judaic law was a lamentable pastiche, a crazy-quilt of slogans and exhortations, easily remembered, easily ignored - Never Again!
I also thought of something that Dorothea tells Rosamond toward the end of "Middlemarch," as she struggles toward her own comprehension of the complexity of intimate human relations: "Marriage is so unlike everything else.
But we forget three things: a) that our language patterns can be ridiculously ambiguous; b) that our own comprehension of language is truly amazing; c) that computers are, all things considered, achieving remarkable things.
I do not think I am being intellectually or politically responsible unless I can explain what I am doing to somebody who is not an expert in my field not only because this might mean I've been lazy or impatient in my own comprehension of a concept, but also because it refuses risk.
Writing well helps others understand the work you've done and helps strengthen your own comprehension of your research.
I would be responsible for shaping my own comprehension of public policy, for which gaining insight into NSF's decision-making processes on the programmatic and institutional level has been critical.
