Are remodeling bones and revising ideas similar processes?
Dr. M. Scott Peck in his book The Road Less Traveled calls the skeletal system of our minds (or our belief system) our “map of reality.” The revision of our intellectual map compares with the remodeling and growth of our skeletal structure due to the parathormone and calcitonin hormones above (see illustration on p. 21). Dr. Peck states: “The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be (A Touchstone book, published by Simon Schuster, 1978, p. 45).” Dr. Peck notices that revising maps takes effort that many do not want to put forth. Revising our reality map compares to generating new bone in the skeleton system. Some stop revising their maps at adolescence. “Their maps are small and sketchy, their view of the world narrow and misleading (p. 45).” By middle age, many people have given up the effort entirely. “They feel certain that their maps are complete and their view of reality is correct…and they are no longer interested in
