Making assumptions
Every time you take a step, you make hundreds of assumptions. For example, the floor will not give way, your legs will hold you up, and the surface is not a hole.
But assumptions can also get in the way because what was once helpful may no longer apply.
A profound question is how is it possible to see differently if everything you see is a reflex that is grounded in your assumptions?
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