Grok is a neologism coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically; also, to experience enjoyment"
Sure, if the writer decides that the Great Man has the magical chops to be the Great Man, yes of course in the setting that is the Great Man. It's how the Thermian argument works.
I'm aware of what Grok means. I just remember it being explained to me as a thing they say in the Gor novels, by someone who is simply far too intelligent (and too good-looking, IMO) to have enjoyed the Gor novels.
![[Not the Onion] xAI's Grok system](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/9e4aef1e-f6a3-4f08-95ab-6262424c3c00.png){kind=link}
Different chud.
"thou art god, grok deez nuts lmfao"
^ literally the entire novel summarized
I never finished it; it was too insufferably arrogant and full of Great Man Theory fever dreams.
To be fair a space sex wizard might actually be able to pull off some great man shit
Sure, if the writer decides that the Great Man has the magical chops to be the Great Man, yes of course in the setting that is the Great Man. It's how the Thermian argument works.
I'm aware of what Grok means. I just remember it being explained to me as a thing they say in the Gor novels, by someone who is simply far too intelligent (and too good-looking, IMO) to have enjoyed the Gor novels.