This thought experiment came to me while out sailing with a friend. What if we discovered that our boat has a compass after all, but what if we had no idea what it was, or how it worked? There it sits. And, at times we would notice certain apparent coincidences. Certain alignments with other things we were familiar with: the position of the sun, the direction towards home….
Imagine we had a compass…
Imagine we had a compass…
Imagine we had a compass…
This thought experiment came to me while out sailing with a friend. What if we discovered that our boat has a compass after all, but what if we had no idea what it was, or how it worked? There it sits. And, at times we would notice certain apparent coincidences. Certain alignments with other things we were familiar with: the position of the sun, the direction towards home….