Quote Originally Posted by hazetwostep
what we know is a fraction of a fraction of what we don't know... we can all have opinions but whoever says they hold "THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH" speaks out of ignorance... that is my thought
My thoughts are that some beliefs are worth having. I like to believe that the map is not the territory or the menu is not the meal in respect to what we know about the world. Our map of reality is not reality itself. We can read a menu and we will get an idea of what we are getting. The more specific the detail the menu has the more information. Sometimes we have had the meal before and have a rich representation in our minds. But still there are bits missing from the full array of tastes and smells... colours and textures. Even sounds for some food.

That reminds me of a story...

There once was a map making company. They created the finest most accurate maps in the region. One day they decided to create a map of the region so detailed and accurate that everyone would want to have one. They started right away but shortly found that they needed more space. Eventually it was so big that they needed to knock down the walls of their building. More and more detail was added and the map grew and grew until it covered the entire region.

Which also brings me to another useful belief. People respond to their map of reality and not reality itself.