Connecting hollow dots.

[Guest guest]

Your brain is designed to connect

dots. It can't live with chaos. It

needs to see patterns, order, forms.

 

But innumerable dots can be connected

in innumerable ways, and chances are

the patterns you see doesn't exist.

 

Yet, your brain is wired to believe

they do. Your life depends on that

belief. Suppose you mistake a rope

for a poisonous snake, well, that

mistake can be corrected, but

mistaking the snake for a rope can

cost you your life. So, nature wants you

to believe your first impressions.

 

People are not that good at correcting

first impressions, therefore, we live

seeing patterns that doesn't exist. In

other words, we adopted hollow dots, we

have lost the paternity suit of patterns

that are not real. We are paying child

support to ghosts.

 

How can we give a reality check to the

patterns we see? Do others, many others,

see what we see? Do our patterns bear

edible fruit? Or are we fertilizing

imaginary weeds?

 

Pete