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So, what happens when an instrument is noisy? When a noisy instrument—so in technical terms, let's say the least count of the instrument that is doing the measurement is a large number. It's a large least count, and the granularity of what is being measured is smaller than the least count, which means that the instrument is noisy. What happens in this case?

For example, the eyes—the resolution of the eyes is quite broad. So it cannot detect the granularity of the skin. It sees the skin as smooth. When, in fact, the skin is like a mosquito net. So what is happening is: when a noisy instrument is used to measure something that is intrinsically fine, smearing happens. Smoothness—it appears to be smooth when it is not. It's called smearing.

Now, think of the mind. What is happening in the mind? The mind is usually noisy. And when moments are presented to it, there is smearing going on because the granularity of the moments the mind cannot latch onto. A noisy mind cannot latch onto the granularity of the moments. For example, let's say the mind—or not the mind, the Chitta—is a mirror, and you have a spray.