Perceptions V

 

Big Boss Man

Well, I'm gonna get me a boss man, one gonna treat me right
Work hard in the day time, rest easy at night
Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call?
Well, you ain't so big, you're just tall, that's all

You ain’t better, you’re just bigger, that’s all.

“All that glitters is not gold” and “All that is gold does not glitter”. And just because something is bigger does not mean that it is better. Toddlers are often asked to choose between a nickel and a dime. If a toddler does not understand the value of each coin, that toddler might pick the nickel because it is bigger.

Similarly in viewing laminar/uncongested/orderly flow versus turbulent/chaotic/congested flow, the chaotic flow may appear to be bigger but that does NOT mean that it is better. It may appear that the chaotic range is 5 times the size of the orderly range, but that does NOT mean that order is 1/6 the value of chaos. In fact there are three outcomes, win, loss and TIE and that does not change. If you are perceiving more of the observable outcomes, then you should be perceiving less of the unobservable outcomes ( if you could indeed perceive them). The two dimensional odds of a win or a loss are only 50% because in a two dimensional space 50% of the surface can be perceived. But that 50% is 2/3 of the outcomes. If orderly range is 5 times the size of chaotic range, that may only be because while the dimensions are two and the surface is hyperbolic, not flat. What is being perceived as 5/6 would continue to be 2./3 on a flat surface. So the fact that the orderly observable is 5 times the size of the flat domain may only indicate that it is being perceived as 5 times the size, not that it IS 5 times the size.

In fact the unobservable ties, if they could be observed, would be perceived as 20% when they should be 33 1/3%. Thus while the observable percentage is larger, the unobservable percentage is smaller. If the mirrored but observable ties are larger, regardless of the perception that the total with unobservable wins and losses should also be larger. The median percentage of observable is .5, but it would be perceived as .6. If this is half of a half a period, then the full half period would be perceived as 120% of the actual half period. It is not bigger; it is merely PERCEIVED as being bigger. If the surface is curved, then the objects in the mirror may appear larger (or smaller) than they actually are. While passenger side view mirrors on automobile often come with this warning, it would be wise to remember this for any curved surface. Don’t ever confuse perceptions with an absolute. Don’t ever confuse bigger with better. Choose the gold not the glitter.