That infamous line from Star Wars is just one of many popular suggestions that truth is in the eye of the beholder. "One man's trash is another man's treasure." "Missing the forest for the trees." The film Rashomon and its numerous imitators. The parable of the blind men describing just the part of an elephant they can touch. The meme of two people standing on either side of a numeral which could either be a 9 or a 6. Our language and our culture are rich with illustrations of how perspective and perception shape our … [Read more...] about Science Corner: “From a Certain Point of View”