The third holding an ear says, “No, this is a banana leaf.”

When we think measurements of reality tell us the absolute truth, we fool ourselves into believing we understand the truth of our reality when we really only have the smallest distorted fraction of a piece of the truth, and this reliance on counting reality is killing the human species."

https://www.ficklefutures.com/p/we-are-counting-ourselves-to-death #philosophy #humanperception #truth #narcissism #selfawareness

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The third holding an ear says, “No, this is a banana leaf.”

When we think measurements of reality tell us the absolute truth, we fool ourselves into believing we understand the truth of our reality when we really only have the smallest distorted fraction of a piece of the truth, and this reliance on counting reality is killing the human species."

https://www.ficklefutures.com/p/we-are-counting-ourselves-to-death #philosophy #humanperception #truth #narcissism #selfawareness

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The third holding an ear says, “No, this is a banana leaf.”

When we think measurements of reality tell us the absolute truth, we fool ourselves into believing we understand the truth of our reality when we really only have the smallest distorted fraction of a piece of the truth, and this reliance on counting reality is killing the human species."

https://www.ficklefutures.com/p/we-are-counting-ourselves-to-death #philosophy #humanperception #truth #narcissism #selfawareness

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