We will not be able to figure out how to alter Iran's behavior unless we understand its motives.
"Unless we understand that, it is possible we label people as non-compliant or non-adherent and decide they're not good transplant candidates, and that is a concern".
On another level, however, this is a conceptual question, for we cannot be sure that something has intrinsic value unless we understand what it is for something to have intrinsic value.
But, Reid observes, if we notice that we do not understand how it is that we manage to connect our minds to objects in the world, then it cannot help to say that we do this by first connecting our minds to mental representations unless we understand how it is that we manage to connect our minds to those mental representations.
After all, if we say that, no two possible worlds can be physical duplicates without being duplicates simpliciter, we don't know what we've said unless we understand what it would take to be a physical duplicate, as opposed (say) to a chemical duplicate or a financial duplicate.
But unless we understand that, it seems that grammar perfection is attainable, just not by us.
Unless we understand why stuff keeps coming through the door, it matters less and less how we organize it, curate it, or dispose of it when we're done.
Unless we understand what we bring to the table, it is hard to sit at that table at all.
No amount of exhortation, attitudinal engineering, incentive planning, or even leadership will have any permanent effect unless we understand what hierarchy is and why and how it works.
Unless we understand the root-cause of an epidemic, we cannot start to address it, much less effectively eradicate it.
