"For all its apparent fidelity, the movie in our heads is a 'Rashomon' narrative pieced together from inconsistent and unreliable bits of information."
— Stone, Alex
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June 24, 2012
Metaphor
"For all its apparent fidelity, the movie in our heads is a 'Rashomon' narrative pieced together from inconsistent and unreliable bits of information."
Metaphor in Context
Such blind spots confirm what many philosophers have long suspected: reality and our perception of it are incommensurate to a far greater degree than is often believed. For all its apparent fidelity, the movie in our heads is a "Rashomon" narrative pieced together from inconsistent and unreliable bits of information. It is, to a certain extent, an illusion.
(SR 9)
(SR 9)
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Citation
Alex Stone, "The Science of Illusion," The New York Times (June 24, 2012). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
06/27/2012
