Sunday, September 17, 2006

Perception Problem

"It is said that African Bushmen, upon first being confronted with a video camera (or other similar technology), could not perceive it. They saw nothing. The same has been said about explorers' ships when first confronted by a native people. The natives could not perceive the ships anchored off shore of their land."

Discuss...

2 comments:

Vvyynn said...

They could not perceive them because it did not fit into their belief system. This happened so much, that their mind blocked it out, for it would be too traumatic for them. It's an ofshoot of our chocolate ice cream discussion, in a way. Maybe not. Well, discuss already!

Vvyynn said...

Who said we have to challenge and change our beliefs? If we just live in our own little fishbowl, things'll be great! We wouldn't have to worry about anything, because everything fits into our world. It's only because we WISh to challenge that things get challenged.