It seems to me that civilizations have an emergent intellect that operates and updates on a larger timescale than individual generations, and is usually not comprehended and rarely apprehended by even the most educated members of its polis.
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What would it mean for something to see reality "as it is" then? I mean, obviously we need to use models and metaphor to compare X to Y, so there has to be interpretation. But the brain takes it all in as accurately as possible.
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As far as I understand it, you could say that the brain represents the world using 50 maps with about a megapixel resolution each, and complex relationships between the pixels. That gives intricate models, but they are very much unlike the real universe.
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