January 2011
2 posts
I woke up underground. It smelled musty, like dry earth or your grandmother’s attic during the midday heat. But it also smelled like banana bread.
None of this is particularly explicable. There was neither earth nor bread about. Just another reminder that our perceptual experience of the world is subject to error. (Neuronal misfirings are a pet hobby of mine.)
So I woke up underground,...
I’M OFTEN MISINTERPRETED WHEN I EXPRESS HUMILITY. WHEN I SAY THAT I AM NOT VERY SMART, I SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR. I DO NOT THINK ANYONE ON EARTH IS VERY SMART.
I THINK AS A SPECIES WE’RE EASILY IMPRESSED WITH OURSELVES.
I THINK WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER ANIMALS, AND GET SMUG.
OUR SENSE OF COGNITIVE DEFTNESS SWELLS. BUT REALLY OUR PERCEPTUAL APERTURES INTO THE WORLD AROUND US...
