It’s a Sunday, it’s December, and the year’s drawing to a close. So you can’t blame me for getting a little introspective. As far as I’m concerned, the biggest (and best) thing I did this year was to dust off my bags and jump to the conclusion. And since we’re introspecting here, we have to ask why. Why did I move? And why was it the best thing I did?
The answer to both questions comes down to just one thing, really—my craving for Definition. And I don’t mean the kind you find in dictionaries. I mean definition the way it’s used in high-definition. HD. Where having more of it means things are just that much clearer.
Definition is important. Don’t have enough of it? You’re going to be stuck with a low-resolution, low-quality picture of the world. Sixes and eights start looking like zeros, ‘a’s start looking like ‘o’s, and manatees start looking like mermaids.
Think the last one seems a bit far-fetched? Think again. Because there’s a giant of history who was 100% certain he’d seen three mermaids high-tailing it on the high seas.
Yep - No. They were almost certainly manatees.
To his credit, Columbus seems to have found it a rather underwhelming encounter; “They are not so beautiful as they are said to be,” was his diary entry for the day. And in his defense, the guy had just sailed nearly 7,000 km across the ocean on a rickety 15th-century sea slug. Sensor fatigue is a real thing. (But then again, we are talking about Christopher I-found-the-Indies Columbus here, who landed in the Bahamas and thought it was Bali. So what do I know?)
We aren’t yet done with manatees and the value of high-resolution information. These gorgeous, endangered sea hunks like wintering in warm spots on the coast—most of which have now been taken out of action by the climate crisis. At first glance, one would think the best way to fix this would be to get rid of the dirty, polluting power plants that spew their gunk into the sea.
But, no. That would, in fact, be the worst way. Because it’s a low-quality conclusion derived from low-resolution information. Increase the definition a little, and we see that manatees are actually replacing their vanishing winter spas with the hot water exhaust of coastal thermal power plants.
They’re also creatures of habit, so no one has figured out how to get them to change their winter quarters yet. Once they find a nice warm place, they keep coming back, even if the power plant is now shut and all that’s on the agenda is a hypothermia party. So yes, acting on low-resolution information is a good way to shoot yourself in the foot. Or, in the manatees’ case, cancel an entire branch from the tree of life.
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