The Silent Knight

In a fight to the death with “conventional” wisdom

The Blind Men and the Elephant – The Full Story

March 2, 2015

Silent

An old story about several blind scholars who encountered an elephant. Like the previous versions, this parable shows that the value of one’s true experience can be limited by its failure to account for other perspectives or the totality of truth.

“Footnotes”

I try to provide amplifying information where it may be needed. Just like in your old school reports, many times I’ll do this by putting a little elevated symbol (superscript) at the end of a thought. Instead of looking at the bottom of the page for a matching number, now you can just click on the symbol and be automatically transported to the appropriate reference material. Since I no longer need numbers, I’ve replaced them with the following: “A” means you will be sent to an article on the Web confirming my remark, “B” will be a previous blog post, “C” sends you to one of my side comments, “D” means a definition, and “E” means something providing extra information. These symbols may be followed by a number if I need to refer to the reference again later.

I could also use inline notes (click on the gray-highlighted line) or traditional hyperlinks (click on the underlined words).

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The Silent Knight

The Blind Men and the Elephant – The Full Story