But do our eyes not deceive us? Is not reality a complex, multi-layered thing, thick with subtleties and intricacies which so easily elude our eyes and minds' eyes alike? Is it not something far too large for any one of us--we who are but small, frail, limited observers--to comprehend?
Perhaps that was precisely the point though. When we try to describe what we do not see, we are presuming to know more than we can. We presume, however implicitly, that we can master reality. Since we know we cannot, why pretend? Write what you see--others will write what they see--and hopefully the combined efforts of many small, limited observers will produce a better approximation to the truth than any individual effort can, however strenuous it may be.
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