There’s a lovely bit in Egan’s Diaspora showing the viewpoint character understanding a concept from physics by applying it in various contexts.
More generally, I don’t know if much is known about how people get from input to understanding.
Possibly of interest: Mathsemantics, which grew out of a project to find employees who understood what numbers mean. The book (about a questionaire for the purpose) is very interesting, the articles listed mostly look minor except for the one about grokduelling (you win if you understand the other side better), and they’re looking for research ideas.
There’s a lovely bit in Egan’s Diaspora showing the viewpoint character understanding a concept from physics by applying it in various contexts.
More generally, I don’t know if much is known about how people get from input to understanding.
Possibly of interest: Mathsemantics, which grew out of a project to find employees who understood what numbers mean. The book (about a questionaire for the purpose) is very interesting, the articles listed mostly look minor except for the one about grokduelling (you win if you understand the other side better), and they’re looking for research ideas.
Corrected link for Mathsemantics.