Mathematics and Geometry reflect our limits. Points, and Lines, and Volumes we can digitize, but when struck by a Curve, we’re lost. π = ? Academics had to cobble together calculus to approximate the infinite number of straight Lines inherent in any Curve.
You say, “The intellect seeks to throw its own interpretation of the real over reality, and in so doing carves the world up into artificial little cubes.”
You are right—the Real World is analog. But our mentality is digital. We can quietly perceive what it is, but as soon as we begin to cogitate about it… it isn’t; or at least we have ceased to perceive it as it is. Over the ages Man has been like that group of the blind, sagely groping the bits and pieces within reach—of an Elephant as it ambles coquettishly through Time.
You say, “The intellect seeks to throw its own interpretation of the real over reality, and in so doing carves the world up into artificial little cubes.”
You are right—the Real World is analog. But our mentality is digital. We can quietly perceive what it is, but as soon as we begin to cogitate about it… it isn’t; or at least we have ceased to perceive it as it is. Over the ages Man has been like that group of the blind, sagely groping the bits and pieces within reach—of an Elephant as it ambles coquettishly through Time.