![]() And yet another person may have a differentīelief based on their subjective experience of it. Humans we have a tendency to claim a truth about something based on our In other versions of the story, the group stop talking, start listening to one another and then collaborate to describe the entire elephant. ![]() None of them realise that they are all experiencing just one part of the same elephant and that none of their explanations are complete. ![]() ![]() They are convinced that their own explanation is correct and that the others are wrong. Given their interactions with the elephant differ from one another, each man believes that the others are lying and they come to blows. Some of the men described it as ‘a spear’ (referring to the tusk), ‘a snake’ (the trunk) and ‘a fan’ (the ear). The men had never encountered an elephant before, and each makes contact with a different part of the animal. There is a parable originating in India millions of years ago that tells the story of six blind men and an elephant. In an earlier post, I mentioned the limitations of negative biases, yet we also need to ask what other biases are blinding us? ![]() How often do you come across someone who makes a statement based on their limited or isolated understanding of a topic and believes it to be the only truth? I see this a lot in the media and in my own circles, and I am happy to put up my hand and say I am guilty too. ![]()
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