You have jumped out of your car at the gas station to fill your almost empty tank. As you wait for the tank to fill, you look at the entomological collection you have been displaying on the glass you call your windshield. Time to wash off the bugs.
Job done and tank filled, you get back in the car to drive off, but as you look through the now bug-free windshield, you notice the film of dirt on the inside of your window. It’s been building there since the last time you washed your car. With an outside surface covered in bug splatters, the inside dirt seemed insignificant, even unnoticeable. Now, it’s there, and you especially notice it later as twilight fades and oncoming cars shine headlights through the film.
As you drive, you take a napkin left over from the fast food restaurant and wipe a circle of clean before your eyes, a tunnel of temporary smeared clarity that leaves the rest of the view more translucent than transparent.
Do I need to say more about this? Do I need to draw the relationship between what I just described and almost everyone's view of the world?
Job done and tank filled, you get back in the car to drive off, but as you look through the now bug-free windshield, you notice the film of dirt on the inside of your window. It’s been building there since the last time you washed your car. With an outside surface covered in bug splatters, the inside dirt seemed insignificant, even unnoticeable. Now, it’s there, and you especially notice it later as twilight fades and oncoming cars shine headlights through the film.
As you drive, you take a napkin left over from the fast food restaurant and wipe a circle of clean before your eyes, a tunnel of temporary smeared clarity that leaves the rest of the view more translucent than transparent.
Do I need to say more about this? Do I need to draw the relationship between what I just described and almost everyone's view of the world?
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