I am talking about people whose maps are not even approximately correct, but they still keep them because… I am only guessing here… they still provide emotional comfort.
Two points. First, a very important word here is “matters”. A lot of maps don’t matter. If I believe that there are adepts meditating in secret caves in Tibet and they have direct access to the the Akashic records and so can see into the future and into the past—so what? Does that affect my life in any way? (note, by the way, the difference between “could matter” and “does matter”).
Second, an incorrect map is also known as “fiction”. That makes for an interesting connection to the parallel thread about the use{full|less}ness of fiction.
I enjoy fiction. Also, when I talk e.g. with religious people, I imagine that we are all talking about some imaginary world; then it doesn’t bother me that their arguments do not apply to our world. I can discuss Bible the same way I can discuss Tolkien, and sometimes it’s fun. Only when people remind me that they actually believe the elves are real, it gets weird.
Your first example… that’s also in the weird territory. I could enjoy it as a fiction. I don’t see any other use for it. -- Is it just an aesthetic difference?
Two points. First, a very important word here is “matters”. A lot of maps don’t matter. If I believe that there are adepts meditating in secret caves in Tibet and they have direct access to the the Akashic records and so can see into the future and into the past—so what? Does that affect my life in any way? (note, by the way, the difference between “could matter” and “does matter”).
Second, an incorrect map is also known as “fiction”. That makes for an interesting connection to the parallel thread about the use{full|less}ness of fiction.
I enjoy fiction. Also, when I talk e.g. with religious people, I imagine that we are all talking about some imaginary world; then it doesn’t bother me that their arguments do not apply to our world. I can discuss Bible the same way I can discuss Tolkien, and sometimes it’s fun. Only when people remind me that they actually believe the elves are real, it gets weird.
Your first example… that’s also in the weird territory. I could enjoy it as a fiction. I don’t see any other use for it. -- Is it just an aesthetic difference?