On Feb 14, 1:43 am, tfer <[email protected]> wrote:
> My analogy is to imagine that when you make a clone, you're just
> putting a sf-style "teleportal" at each place the clone occurs.  Those
> portals then 'jump' you into the node that is cloned.  In a sense,
> that node and its subtree are not in the outline anymore, they are off
> by themselves and can only be 'jumped to' from various points in the
> outline where you've placed a portal.
>
> As there is only one node and subtree in existence, changes there at
> the node and/or the subtree are reflected at all the portals.  Note:
> the portals are 'locked', they only go to their particular clone.
>
> Of course, mostly I develop these analogies to drive Edward batty ;-).
>
> Tom

Thanks for sharing this metaphor.
I'm a big fan of detailed explanation and sharing of analogies.
For many years, I follow a simple, but very effective rule to check
myself if I understand something well. I consider that I understand
something, if I can explain it to someone who doesn't understand it.
Even better, if I can explain to someone who understands it the wrong
way.

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