Welcome back down the rabbit hole
Alice's biggest conundrum in Wonderland is a great example of what is called design theory. In the last post I talk about how Wonderland and reality were seemingly identical, and thus we assume it was created by some kind of intelligent design - thus requiring some kind of architect.
If this case were true, then relativism would help explain why Alice was upset at the apparent illogical Wonderland. She appears to be a fish out of water having to adapt to a different cultural setting and mindset. We have all undergone this process ourselves as we travel overseas to new cultures.
The ill tempered Alice
By the time Alice met the caterpillar, she was in a foul mood and was very ill tempered. All normalcy was gone. The rug was swept from underneath her. She believed everything and everyone was wrong. She wasn't in England any more (sorry Kansas!).
It makes us think that one mindset or way of life is not better than the other; it is just different. If Alice can understand this, then both parties can live in a world where there can't be a right or wrong. But Alice struggles against this. 'When we resist persists' as the Zen saying goes.
At the end of the day, every experience in life is subjective, and perception is but just one view of it. Perception like many others things can be twisted or manipulated.
Carroll's great tale manages to prove that there is no one way of interpreting the linear nature of our universe, and most pre-Socratic thinkers believed that reality was somehow hidden behind the tapestry of life.
As we now know, reality is way too smart to be confined to just one dimension. Modern neuroscience research on the nature of reality within the brain is at such an early stage that we can be sure that our rabbit hole is never-ending for now.
Muse safely my Steemian friends.
P.S. PART #1 of this series can be found here:
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