6.28.2009

See That Which Cannot Be Seen

Human perception is incredibly limited.

For example, bees can see frequencies of light that most humans cannot,
dogs can hear frequencies of sound that most humans cannot,
sharks can sense smells that are incomprehensible to man.

What humanity is capable of perceiving to be real and true
is really only a small sample of objective reality..

..perhaps knowing too much would drive us all mad?

In psychology there exists a concept natural to man known as the “overconfidence bias”
which states that people are inclined to think they know more than they actually do.

Overcoming this fallacy of perception is perhaps the first step
to seeing that which cannot be seen,
or knowing how not to know?

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See That Which Cannot Be Seen - Images by Patrick Yen

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