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Originally Posted by Eviltree
I disagree that knowlage and comprehension are the same thing, (or that knowlage implies comprehension) Take any (reasonable) mathematical formula. Any idiot can take that formula (knowlage) and plug in numbers to get an answer, it takes someone with comprehension of the subject to (firstoff come up with the formula) understand WHY that happens. With knowlage, you know How, with comprehension you understand the why, and actually grip the entire idea, not just the application of it.
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If, as you say, you can plug numbers into an equation, you know how to plug in numbers, but you don't know WHY the equation does what it does, nor why it does it. That was the original posters point - knowledge IS comprehension.