“Our senses, as they are the original inlets of all our knowledge, so they are the sources of all the errors and mistakes that we fall into in the pursuit of knowledge”
— Thomas Reid
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Our senses, like seeing, hearing, or touching, are how we learn everything about the world. They bring us all the information we know. But sometimes, these senses can deceive us or make us misunderstand things. For example, a stick half in water looks bent, even though it isn’t. This shows how what we see can trick us. If we’re not careful, we might make mistakes based on these wrong interpretations. It’s important to check and question what we learn through our senses to avoid errors in our thinking and understanding.
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