Good comments, Benjamin, and I will present a different angle at the end of this reply.
First, Rubin’s Vase comes to mind in which one either sees a Vase or Two Faces in the exact same set of information. Indeed, two subject matters therefore.
However, this works for a 2D setting. As such, it is an abstraction of reality, and not a sufficient delivery of reality itself.
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My comments did not involve everything. Rather, I provided comments from the big-picture level in which we can see all details in their rightful places. It is the flatness of just the two positions deliver that made me comment.
I forgot where I saw this, but it was about statistical outcomes, using the 2D version of the bell curve next to a 3D image portraying the same statistical information. In this 3D view, the information was distributed with x-y-z axes and all the dots were shown more accurately because the display was more accurate. A center was visible that was densely populated with dots. The outliers were not visible in a left-and-right view indicating the extremes, but rather were found ‘on the outside’ of the center. The outliers were found in all 3D directions. It made so much more sense. Gone was the 2D stance of left-and-right.
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Even in 3D, the person doing the viewing has an exclusive left and right view. Important to note (very important) is that the data itself does not have that left and right aspect.
Yes, it is complicated to write in 3D to show what is going on. It is far easier to write in 2D.
As for my examples about political structure? I use those, of course, because I am familiar with them. And this helps uncover a third aspect to your A and B.
A different perspective is provided about human behavior when stating that information is always limited. Not what is held within, but what is provided from outside plays these important third roles. This is a very important aspect of life, and you could incorporate that in your article. Geography is another example that plays yet another role that providing limitations and opportunities, or said from a larger perspective available means play their important roles. They guide, form and shape us.
I hope you see that my commentary is particularly trying to address the ‘flatness’ of the positions. I think flatness eliminates the correct view and demands the reader to accept certain assumptions. This is by itself not a problem, but the assumptions must then be mentioned. Otherwise the image remains flat.
Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it.
