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Okay, in that case, I had come up with with a saying to express that same idea but which makes the implications clearer. Here goes:
"Blindness isn't when you see nothing; it's when you see the same thing, regardless of what's in front of you.
"Foolishness isn't when your beliefs are wrong; it's when you believe the same thing, regardless of what you've seen."
I particularly like the first, since the second clause technically includes literal blindness.
I might change "wrong" to "false" when repeating the second.
Thanks! Any help with touching up my version so it flows better is much appreciated.
Yes, I think this is particularly important, because the cognition involved in literal seeing is a form of believing: your brain is making inferences before there's even an image in your mind. (The raw retinal data looks like garbage.)