Fulton's Cascade Experiment seems (to me) to be about the bias with which we see our world. Our constant thoughts affect how we see the world: how we read, how we write, yes, even you science. Nothing we see is exactly how it is, without the filter of a brain. That being said, I cannot see how we truly know anything.
I find the discussion of faith so interesting, albeit it sometimes irritating. So easily we allow our own vision to be influenced by someone else. I do not want to believe in something, or like Alice Fulton's poems illustrates, the lack of something, just because I am told.
Because truths we don't suspect have a hard time
making themselves felt, as when thirteen species
of whiptail lizards composed entirely of females
stay undiscovered due to bias
against such things existing,
we have to meet the universe halfway.
There is a reason we all see things differently, because if we all thought the same way there is a good chance those lizards would remain undiscovered. Alice Fulton uses science in a way to denounce science, or at least make it less cocky.
I also share your sentiments on how people view the world. Unfortunately, I think it is impossible for some to see the world purely especially due to many environments. Although I understand why you feel as if we should not believe in something simply because someone else told us, life would be very hard. I do believe we should take things with a grain of salt but others we just have to trust.
ReplyDeleteLamar you are totally right. It is a bit impossible, but it is an ideal. I think taking what we hear with a grain of salt is the closest we can come to thinking solely for ourselves; trust is also important, but not often do I think it should stand alone.
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