The pathos is there, but it's a terrible, jumbled metaphor.
The problem of the fish, or at least the persona he projected on it, is not that it was humbled by its own limited ability to understand. It was precisely the opposite: the world was too limited for its apparently oversized ability to understand.
I can't wait to see those "ramifications for the way we think about things today".
The problem of the fish, or at least the persona he projected on it, is not that it was humbled by its own limited ability to understand. It was precisely the opposite: the world was too limited for its apparently oversized ability to understand.
I can't wait to see those "ramifications for the way we think about things today".