Consider a slightly different story. Eddin and Ferris come across a strange gas cylinder and both look at the warning labels the cylinder has. Eddin: Ah. Explosive. I better handle this carefully then. Ferris: Ah. Explosive. I really need a ciggarette now…
I’d go with Eddin as being the more rational reaction. Ferris sees, and understands there’s more to be learned, but doesn’t seem to make any effort to internalise or actually understand this knowledge. Both explore, but in diferent ways. At the end of the day though, neither immediate reaction is bad. No one is required to learn something in a single moment. What matters is whether they have other reactions (and specifically, each other’s reactions) in the minites, hours, and days to follow.
The color of the sky isn’t really that important, though. Especially considering the discovery of a previously unknown world, making an effort to internalize and understand the color of the sky comes with a high opportunity cost.
How so? Would internalizing and understanding the color of the sky prevent him from exploring?
I would argue that the color of the sky does matter because all of the other reactions described are realistic reactions, and the shape of their society will be altered by this new information. It’s possible that any other discovery he makes on the surface will never actually come to be appreciated or used by the rest of humanity as they fight while he’s in the wilderness if he doesn’t take into consideration what will happen when others see the sky..
Consider a slightly different story. Eddin and Ferris come across a strange gas cylinder and both look at the warning labels the cylinder has.
Eddin: Ah. Explosive. I better handle this carefully then.
Ferris: Ah. Explosive. I really need a ciggarette now…
I’d go with Eddin as being the more rational reaction. Ferris sees, and understands there’s more to be learned, but doesn’t seem to make any effort to internalise or actually understand this knowledge. Both explore, but in diferent ways. At the end of the day though, neither immediate reaction is bad. No one is required to learn something in a single moment. What matters is whether they have other reactions (and specifically, each other’s reactions) in the minites, hours, and days to follow.
The color of the sky isn’t really that important, though. Especially considering the discovery of a previously unknown world, making an effort to internalize and understand the color of the sky comes with a high opportunity cost.
How so? Would internalizing and understanding the color of the sky prevent him from exploring?
I would argue that the color of the sky does matter because all of the other reactions described are realistic reactions, and the shape of their society will be altered by this new information. It’s possible that any other discovery he makes on the surface will never actually come to be appreciated or used by the rest of humanity as they fight while he’s in the wilderness if he doesn’t take into consideration what will happen when others see the sky..