> My eyes are a fairly reliable map, but they're still not the territory.
This seems.....paradoxical...ironic?
> That we are only able to perceive reality by proxy doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, though....
True, but potentially misleading/misinformative.
> ...it just means that...
Are you sure? Are you referring to the territory here, or the map?
>...we have to get used to using maps, while remembering that they can be flawed.
We've been using maps since the dawn of man, and a lot of people have substantial, abstract knowledge that this is what we're doing....and yet, look at the mess all around us, and the conversations we have about that mess (though: during these conversations, are the participants discussing the map, or the territory: a) in fact? b) in perception?).
This seems.....paradoxical...ironic?
> That we are only able to perceive reality by proxy doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, though....
True, but potentially misleading/misinformative.
> ...it just means that...
Are you sure? Are you referring to the territory here, or the map?
>...we have to get used to using maps, while remembering that they can be flawed.
We've been using maps since the dawn of man, and a lot of people have substantial, abstract knowledge that this is what we're doing....and yet, look at the mess all around us, and the conversations we have about that mess (though: during these conversations, are the participants discussing the map, or the territory: a) in fact? b) in perception?).