- On a curved road, the in-course (A) can move ahead faster than the out-course (B).
- So we tend to think of this as “the fastest course.”
- But this only means that A is better than B under the constraints of “course.”
- If we remove the constraints, straight forward C is the fastest and by far the fastest
- Compared to C, the difference between A and B is nothing.
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Are these “constraints” really unmovable, or are they illusions created by the human mind?
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A runs on the inside of the course, a little ahead of B, and feels superior.
- But hard to see, the off-course C is far ahead.
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A thought he was the best, but suddenly C appears so far ahead that he can’t catch up.
- A thinks that C is cheating.
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From C’s point of view, A and B are not much different.
- They took a detour along the rail of illusion. So it is self-responsibility that is slow, we think.
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