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The Act of Seeing

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To see or not to see, that is the question. The difference between an organism and an object is that the organism can…

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Published January 20, 2022 · 3 min read
the act of seeing

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

To see or not to see, that is the question. The difference between an organism and an object is that the organism can sense the world around it. It’s sentient. Organism needs to sense the world around in order to stay alive. It needs to sense the presence of food, and the presence of threat, in order to move. It needs to distinguish between ally and rival in order to form relationships.

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