• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    Technology can therefore be defined both as an ensemble of deliberately created processes and objects that together accomplish some function as well as the associated knowledge and skills used in the conception, design, implementation, and operation of such technological artifacts.

    O. L. de Weck, Technology Roadmapping and Development, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88346-1_1

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      Do you have any understanding of your own? This secondhand, copy pasted stuff rings hollow.

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        15 hours ago

        I’m a scholar. It means not pulling stuff from your ass and citing your sources.

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          If you understand your subject then you can use your own words, no need for citation.

          If you do not understand your subject then citation will only make things worse.