It would take an extreme amount of will to breathe water or eat rocks. I am certain someone must have tried it at some point, but I cannot recall any cases specifically of sustained attempts," he said giving that thought. He almost missed the next part as Shadow would get - if he was still monitoring him - a long list of names and odd things they have attempted that got them written up in a tome for future generations.
But he halted the list and absorbed - or tried to - the rest of what was being said. "Because all research should be verified through multiple sources, ideally of different types. I don't trust just one book if it says that what I know is wrong, nor do I trust just one book if it teaches me something utterly new. While skills are different and you can get a grounding from a single source..."
How to explain this? He marshaled his thoughts, then realized that he had the perfect example.
"Soon after you arrived in Naut, Link, I learned about convection ovens. Nita and Jane both explained how they worked to me. I sampled a product made in one. I read multiple books about not just the principal of how they worked, but also ways to use them to achieve different effects. And then I practiced. A lot. I didn't go from Jane explaining to me how an oven works or Nita explaining how a cookie is baked to making a cookie." He held up his hand and using Bending, created a plate of chocolate chip and nut cookies, which floated over to the boys.
"Learning should always be a multi source exercise, and the more something matters, the more sources you need to find that all agree before you can have any reasonable assurance you know what the reality of the subject is. When I agreed to study Hyrule... I spoke to you, and to Zelda, I read what I could find to read on it... and we has planned to visit."
He closed his eyes. "I know not answers are simple yes or no... but those answers that are more complicated clearly require more study, more research."
He would fact check things told to him by his own princess. His method of learning is always research centric.
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But he halted the list and absorbed - or tried to - the rest of what was being said. "Because all research should be verified through multiple sources, ideally of different types. I don't trust just one book if it says that what I know is wrong, nor do I trust just one book if it teaches me something utterly new. While skills are different and you can get a grounding from a single source..."
How to explain this? He marshaled his thoughts, then realized that he had the perfect example.
"Soon after you arrived in Naut, Link, I learned about convection ovens. Nita and Jane both explained how they worked to me. I sampled a product made in one. I read multiple books about not just the principal of how they worked, but also ways to use them to achieve different effects. And then I practiced. A lot. I didn't go from Jane explaining to me how an oven works or Nita explaining how a cookie is baked to making a cookie." He held up his hand and using Bending, created a plate of chocolate chip and nut cookies, which floated over to the boys.
"Learning should always be a multi source exercise, and the more something matters, the more sources you need to find that all agree before you can have any reasonable assurance you know what the reality of the subject is. When I agreed to study Hyrule... I spoke to you, and to Zelda, I read what I could find to read on it... and we has planned to visit."
He closed his eyes. "I know not answers are simple yes or no... but those answers that are more complicated clearly require more study, more research."
He would fact check things told to him by his own princess. His method of learning is always research centric.