This comment was written by Dana Montello on 15 Jul 2013.

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Thwack!

For some reason, when we want to make sense of some new technological marvel, we interact with it like we would it's previous generation. Then that doesn't work so we try our most brutish, physical methods (mechanical agitation if you'd like). Only after we've steamed down do we either give up or read the manual.

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