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If you want to go all misanthropic, it is much closer to reality to say that we see only a small slice of what is in fact a world colorful and detailed beyond a
by jerf 1y ago
If you want to go all misanthropic, it is much closer to reality to say that we see only a small slice of what is in fact a world colorful and detailed beyond all human ability to comprehend any but a small slice of it. The "creepy gray horror movie render" is the farthest thing from the truth, not the nearest.
- npteljes 1y agoThat is not misanthropic at all, as misanthropic is to hate humans or humanity. This is just an acknowledgement of the limitations of it. Agnosticism would be closer to it.
- teddyh 1y agoDonald Hoffman, The Case Against Reality: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HFFr0-ybg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HFFr0-ybg0>
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- citizenpaul 1y agoYou could argue that the grey blob or an incomprehensible kaleidoscope of overwhelming info are both closer to reality than what we perceive. Anyway my point was that our color perception is arbitrary. Its all just one fact, a lightwave/photon.
- mvcalder 1y agoAnd there’s only one photon, vibrating like mad, singularly unable to contemplate its own magnificence.