fede@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow can we see the Milky Way if we are inside of it?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down16
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareHow can we see the Milky Way if we are inside of it?fede@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareTheLemming@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoFun fact, in german there’s a saying that goes “to not see the forest because all of the trees” (which in english would be probably called “chess blindness”)
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoThe English phrase is “missing the forest for the trees” Not quite the same as chess blindness. Possibly the opposite. It basically means: being unable to see (or ignoring) the bigger picture because you’re too focused on minor individual details
Fun fact, in german there’s a saying that goes “to not see the forest because all of the trees” (which in english would be probably called “chess blindness”)
The English phrase is “missing the forest for the trees”
Not quite the same as chess blindness. Possibly the opposite. It basically means: being unable to see (or ignoring) the bigger picture because you’re too focused on minor individual details