My eyes are a fairly reliable map, but they're still not the territory. That we are only able to perceive reality by proxy doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, though, it just means that we have to get used to using maps, while remembering that they can be flawed.
> My eyes are a fairly reliable map, but they're still not the territory.
This seems.....paradoxical...ironic?
> That we are only able to perceive reality by proxy doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, though....
True, but potentially misleading/misinformative.
> ...it just means that...
Are you sure? Are you referring to the territory here, or the map?
>...we have to get used to using maps, while remembering that they can be flawed.
We've been using maps since the dawn of man, and a lot of people have substantial, abstract knowledge that this is what we're doing....and yet, look at the mess all around us, and the conversations we have about that mess (though: during these conversations, are the participants discussing the map, or the territory: a) in fact? b) in perception?).
