THE ART OF JUDGING A BOOK BY IT'S COVER

Travelling along the path carved by the biased and self-righteous society, we are not unfamiliar with one of the hypocritic statements,

           "Don't judge a book by its cover."

The statement has its share of truth, it sounds unfair to draw any opinion or judgment on a situation without acknowledging the whole picture.

But surprise, surprise!!

We have our judgy 'padoshwali' aunty, know-it-all 'ristedaars' and future-predicting parents.

Of course, the real world doesn't work that way. 

It has taken the saying as only a 'saying' literally. The world does judge the book by its cover. We all do consciously or not. Falsely accusing an innocent as a pickpocket in public just from the face and even predicting the reaction of a random person, at times it's to the point, and sometimes not.

Well, let me take you to the brighter side of the theory.

It's an art. It's the art of judging the present with previously known patterns while our brain has a high affinity for patterns. It keeps evolving and adjusting to new scenarios with the previously known patterns.

There exists a particular layer in the brain that is responsible for recognizing patterns called the Neocortex.

                                      Neocortex                 

According to Ray Kurzweil in his book "How to Create a Mind", he explains that the basic structure of the Neocortex is arranged around groups of neurons called pattern recognizers estimated to be 300 million in number. Kurzweil proposed that these recognizers can rewire themselves to one another to account for the new visual, number, nature, word, and people patterns we learn over time.

                                                                         How To Create A Mind

Think about it, this can be a superpower for predicting the next while manipulating the situation in our terms. Something that we always have done, but in a way, preferably more efficient. All you need is proper observation and fair judgment. 

                                                - Amrita Bedashree