A Sense of Wander

A Sense of Wander

The Telephoto Fallacy

Why Seeing Isn't Always Believing

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Eric Weiner
Oct 05, 2025
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Different species sense the world differently. Dogs smell the world. Bats hear it. Catfish taste it; their bodies are covered in 100,000 taste buds, which is why they’re known as the “swimming tongue.”

Homo sapiens, of course, see the world. Vision is by far our dominant sense. Our language reflects this truth. Faced with …

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