Random thoughts:
Reality is overrated.
Would I even be able to tell the difference between truth and illusion? Would I want to?
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From “Altered Carbon” by Richard K. Morgan.
The book is a bit too “hard-boiled” for me, but it is an interesting read and there are some real gems here.
“The human eye is a wonderful device,” … “With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice”
“Just as a primitive sextant functions on the illusion that the sun and stars rotate around the planet we are standing on, our senses give us the illusion of stability in the universe, and we accept it, because without that acceptance, nothing can be done.”
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I went through a phase in graduate school with a lot of self-doubt, navel-gazing, and time-wasting about what-ifs:
What if the concepts we consider as axioms and base all our scientific explanations on are inherently faulty? Does it mean we have build a giant castle with no foundation and it will topple over?
My interpretation of the data (I was studying effects of anthrax toxin on immune cells) is based on assumptions and biasis... what if they are wrong? What if am I wrong?
I was paralyzed with indecisiveness. I couldn't make up my mind about what the data meant...
My mentor gave me "mental" kick and said something along the lines that it's better to be wrong than do nothing at all.
Dear reader, do you ever wonder about truth versus reality? About not being able to perceive the truth of reality?
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