Reality

A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
Stephen Hawking. English physicist. 1942-

The youngest Talpid was with us today. I'm pretty sure that she wasn't pondering whether our fishes' view of her and the rest of reality was unduly distorted. I'm even more sure that it wasn't a major source of concern to the fish!