Is it true that our mind is not able to see things that are too strange and beyond our understanding? Why?
2006-11-04 16:59:44 · 11 answers · asked by trepach 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
We see impossible things just fine.
It's not that our mind can't see them, it's just that we can't comprehend them - we have no idea what it is we're seeing because we have no idea how we should be putting those images to ideas.
When the Native Americans saw the ships Columbus was in, they would first have seen the sails, and been confused by what was going on. When they saw that they were boats, they would have understood - "these are big boats, like the ones we use to sail around the island." Remember, Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola.
At any rate, whoever told you that the Indians on Hispaniola couldn't see the boats was wrong.
2006-11-04 17:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you heard that from the documentary "What the Bleep Do We Know?", be very skeptical. There is no record anywhere that says the natives didn't see Columbus' ships.
This fact along with many others from that documentary are false. Take a look at Wikipedia's page on it (this site mentions the natives/Columbus incident): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Bleep_Do_We_Know%3F!
2006-11-04 20:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If one simply observes their mind...it essentially functions from data stored in memory. Since mind is just a heap of huge memory, anything new which is not in its framework cannot be comprehended, simply because there is no memory of such a thing to relate to. Hence I guess that s why when Americans first couldn`t perceive when they saw the ships.
2016-01-31 20:43:30 · answer #3 · answered by S.Gowri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give the Indians some credit .. if they were looking, I'm sure they saw his ships.
They were as smart as people are today ...
Your question makes me wonder where you got the notion that they did NOT see the ships. *That* would make a good question ,,,, who would have recorded such an observation? How would they have communicated with the Indians?
2006-11-04 17:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but the Indians probably weren't looking since they had never seen a ship before.
2006-11-04 17:08:20 · answer #5 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could it be because he never landed on the coast of North America ?
2006-11-05 01:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by hey_blue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a challenging question, and one that has been the source of confusion for me for quite a long time.
2016-08-23 10:07:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our eyes can see visible light. If it gives off, reflects, refracts, or scatters visible light, we can see it. Its strangesness is not an issue.
2006-11-04 17:14:58 · answer #8 · answered by Biznachos 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was night. They saw them in the morning.
2016-03-01 04:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by Day5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plenty of great answers already for this
2016-07-28 00:03:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋