The Blind Men and the Elephant

https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/blind-men-and-elephant/story-blind-men-and-elephant/ This Indian story helps us to understand that the “whole” is different than the “sum of the parts”. “Everybody wants to rule the world” is another way to express this paradox. We each have a perspective. We errantly “know” that our perspective is right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Wants_to_Rule_the_World Each of the blind men mistakenly “knows” that his … Continue reading The Blind Men and the Elephant