Let's say now someone brings in an animal on a leash and hands that leash to the nearest blind man. He tells the man this is the offspring of the elephant, and that he has ten seconds to make his tactile assessment before passing it on to the next man. The animal is passed around the room, felt, petted, yanked, probed, etc by all but the one feeling the walls and ceiling with the stepladder. Then the man who brought the animal in takes the lead from them and quietly leaves the room. One man says yes, that's an elephant, they have the same pachydermous texture to them. One of them says are you daft, that was a shaved dog. The third says while it's possible that may be the offspring of the elephant there's not enough data to support the fact that it's actually an elephant much less related to an elephant. The fourth says just because it was on a leash and moved and was warm did not make it an animal but it doesn't really matter. The fifth says I don't care what you fellows say, that was a bleeding baby elephant. The sixth man who was feeling the walls and ceiling who missed out declares the rest of them fit for the asylum. Who is right?
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Date: 2008-09-21 06:20 pm (UTC)Let's say now someone brings in an animal on a leash and hands that leash to the nearest blind man. He tells the man this is the offspring of the elephant, and that he has ten seconds to make his tactile assessment before passing it on to the next man. The animal is passed around the room, felt, petted, yanked, probed, etc by all but the one feeling the walls and ceiling with the stepladder. Then the man who brought the animal in takes the lead from them and quietly leaves the room. One man says yes, that's an elephant, they have the same pachydermous texture to them. One of them says are you daft, that was a shaved dog. The third says while it's possible that may be the offspring of the elephant there's not enough data to support the fact that it's actually an elephant much less related to an elephant. The fourth says just because it was on a leash and moved and was warm did not make it an animal but it doesn't really matter. The fifth says I don't care what you fellows say, that was a bleeding baby elephant. The sixth man who was feeling the walls and ceiling who missed out declares the rest of them fit for the asylum. Who is right?