Here’s a fun reason: Your consciousness lags between 80 milliseconds and a second behind reality. Everything you are aware of has already happened. You live inescapably in the past.
Here’s a consequential reason: Your only way to observe the world is with yourself at the centre. Your only way to process your observations is through the filters of your knowledge, experience and biases. You are, in one way or another, objectively wrong about virtually everything.
For most of daily living, the things you’re wrong about are minor and don’t matter. For things like relationships, values and big life choices, being wrong can really screw thing up.
Fortunately, we humans have tools for getting closer to understanding reality. Here are three:
Own your beliefs with humility. Be ready to change them when you learn you are wrong.
Develop your empathy and imagination so you can better understand others’ view of the world.
Goldie Boutilier being dramatic as usual.
I’ll be taking a little summer break next week and so will TREE.
Grow slowly
Jeff
I am not forming opinions on purpose and releasing the attached negative feelings. Bias gets the boot🥾I take the time to rewire to a positive thought. My body actually sighs sometimes. It loves the new ways of life here atop the mountain🏜️