Vision for the blind By trade, I am a mathematician. I can do lots of tricks in math, but only in math. But there are so many things I just don't know. Why don't I know? What prevents me from knowing? Why can't I answer so many questions? This has to do with mental capacity, of course. (See, http://used-ideas.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-teach-ant-how-to-read.html ) Still I keep trying. This is despite the serious models presented to us by scientists and theologians to help me along. Let me explain understanding through the metaphor of sight. We use this metaphor all the time. "I see it," is the most familiar expression. Yet the deeper questions are how clearly you may see it, or how deep is your vision. Vision-type statements involving understanding include. · I see what you mean. · It is still fuzzy, but I am getting on to it. · I saw through it at once. · They recognized the facts of the situat
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