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by AlecSchueler 1098 days ago
> It's like looking at your shadow at sunset and thinking, "Wow, I never realized I was 20 feet tall."

Quite the opposite, no? It's like spending your whole life looking at only your evening shadow (Hello, Plato) and then seeing yourself in a good mirror and realising your actual height relative to the world around you for the first time.

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Exactly.