rootless person
[Knowledge that can only be applied if it is connected to the root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), which is experience.
https://gyazo.com/dfcd705b2681f21d21a1218043b1345f
https://www.slideshare.net/nishio/2017-79797297
Tokyo Metropolitan University Special Lecture on Information and Communication 2017
I don't think this is the first time this has come up.
A more detailed parable
The Parable of the Floating Grass and the Trees
Knowledge of Rootless Grass
Rootless Knowledge
rootless grass
greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)
It is not knowledge that can be applied unless it is connected to experience.
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