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Welcome to indostan
Indostan is a place that may only exist in ones mind.
This spot is based on a poem written by John G. Saxe.
The poem about 6 blind men whose task it is to define an elephant.
The problem at first appears to be how to describe/define an elephant. To solve the problem the 6 blind men had to use other tools related to their own skills.
To many problems there does not seem to be an exact conclusion. Unless it is something like 1 +1 = 2.
Problem solving requires many skills and the more we can solve problems together the more we will reach our goals no matter what the goals are.
The parable of the blind men and the elephant suggests that disputes among scholars arise not so much from errors of fact and argument as from differences of perspective – incomplete perceptions, each from a different angle of view, of a more complex reality.
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It was six man of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! But the elephant,
Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirmy trunk within his hands,
Then boldly up and spake:
“I see,“ quoth he, “the Elephant
It’s very like a snake!”
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The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
and fell upon the knee.
“What most this wondrous Beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he,
“I am clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth who chanced, to touch the ear,
Said “E’en, the blindest man;
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
It’s very like a rope!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding still and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!