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What does it mean?
Attempting to describe the world with mundane facts misses its true wonder and strangeness.
In plain terms
Treating the world as ordinary makes you miss how amazing and strange it really is.
What can you take from it?
Embrace the strangeness of reality over bland facts.

Where it applies

  • scientific discovery
  • artistic creation
  • personal philosophy

Putting it to work

  • cultivate curiosity
  • question dull narratives

Questions to consider

  • Am I seeing the world as mundane?
  • What strange things am I ignoring?

Another view

Facts are still necessary for practical living.

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