The confusion of modernity lies in its fantastic accuracy, which itself is dependent on the ego-compulsion of numbers (see proportion and leverage, Revivalism 7). The compulsion to create an illusion of electromagnetism, algorithms and numerical fixation that appears real to the ego.
Earth's magnetic field since roundabout the14th century has been known to influence lodestones, identifying North and South poles and allowing bearings to be taken, adding to the observation of polestar for navigators and mariners.
In a sense, GPS-navigation is just a much more sophisticated version, easily allowing the current and desired direction to be correlated and transmitted as instructions or programs. What is it that makes this a fantastic illusion?
A mirror provides exactly the same scene, except for the fact that there are no sequences of physical events; it's an electromagnetic illusion. That doesn't matter since, as the sign says on lorries, 'if you can't see my mirrors, I can't see you.'
Complete accuracy is all that's desired. But is complete accuracy all there is? No, because there are sequences of events that go from past to present to future. The physical reality of life and death occurring in invariable time (spin, Earth, stars, serpents, Quetzalcoatl).
The accuracy of electromagnetism takes place in a parallel reality of logic (number) that convinces the ego (of acolytes). Brain over body (death, decay, rejuvenation). Apollo over Dionysus.
So, the fact that something doesn't matter for road traffic is a casual attitude, even though it's obviously correct! The point is, animals don't know that and there is plenty of roadkill (prey for scavengers, or possibly the pot.)
If the universe was logical, none of that would matter (see Korvac, W8), but it's a sequence of events; lifedeath, mythical stories in the sky. In the sky there are large-scale similarities. We see them in the trees, the forests, the meandering streams.
Large-scale similarities are stories. What is life without a story? The physical reality provides large-scale similarities that feed the psyche with meaning (epistemology, understanding). The large-scale similarities can't be told or directed, they simply are (see Haeckel and Art Nouveau, Tudor symbols, prev.)
Freedom with a type of universal order (the medieval Church.) Symbols and serpents tell stories. It's either that or Musk's boring hyper-loops.
