Some thoughts inspired by Borges

In his short story entitled "Tlön uqbar orbis Tertius" Borges imagines a world in which things exist because of the imagination of humans. He takes the example of a walk that would have disappeared because a beggar would have given up coming there to beg. He thus admits that the human imagination gives things their existence. If he were still of this world -but has he really left it- he would see in Science, which has progressed by challenging the invisible and the imperceptible, the discreet emergence of another world, the one beyond human perception, the one where the imaginary makes up for the insufficiencies of reality.

Dans sa nouvelle intitulée "Tlön uqbar orbis Tertius" Borgès imagine un monde dans lequel les choses existent du fait de l’imagination des humains. Il prend l’exemple d’une marche qui aurait disparu parce qu’un mendiant aurait renoncé à venir y mendier. Il admet ainsi que l’imaginaire humain donne leur existence aux choses. S’il était encore de ce monde -mais l’a-t-il vraiment quitté- il verrait dans la Science, qui a progressé en défiant l’invisible et l’imperceptible, l’émergence discrète d’un autre monde, l’au-delà de la perception humaine, celui où l’imaginaire supplée aux insuffisances du réel.

Other world Imagination Science of the invisible Science of the imperceptible

Autre monde Imagination Science de l’invisible Science de l’imperceptible