We are constantly swimming in a sea of information – constantly bombarded by much more than we could ever possibly assimilate. I’m not talking about the internet or the 24/7 news cycles of modern television, but I could be – the results are essentially the same.
What I had in mind this morning is the way we comprehend the universe in which we exist.
We only hear sounds of certain decibel levels that fall within a very limited range of frequencies, and we only see light within a very small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Much more is going on around us all the time, but we are severely limited – and our conclusions are limited proportionally– by our ability to recognize and evaluate that activity.
These limitations of our senses allow us to function in a world that would otherwise prove overwhelming – too much data can be as deadly to any activity as not enough – but it does have its drawbacks. Because of our limits, our understanding of God or the Cosmos soon becomes a comedy of errors, much like the fable about the blind men and the elephant.
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