A mysterious observation can reveal a looming threat greater than anticipated

Evidence

We watched in silence as it cruised high above. “I don’t know if it is an eagle,” he said at last. “But I know that bird is bigger than you think.” — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 946

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 946
• XREF: connects to: Impending catastrophe can register first as a bodily sense of wrong scale — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 283; One can be subject to inherent risks while unaware of the dangers run. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 90; Knowing more sometimes shrinks the sense of the unknown rather than expanding it. — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1203

Broader Connections

• Impending catastrophe can register first as a bodily sense of wrong scale #expands (0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 283
• Knowing more sometimes shrinks the sense of the unknown rather than expanding it. #complicates (0.75) — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1203
• One can be subject to inherent risks while unaware of the dangers run. #qualifies (0.72) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 90