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Saxe (n.d.) pointed that the description of the blind men was not true at all.

Though each of them was


able to describe the elephant, based on their own knowledge. However, they were not able to grasp the
complete description of the elephant because they stood up to their point. Believing that each of their
ideas was true. By believing on their individual claims, they formed their own biases which led them to a
false assumption in describing the elephant. Therefore, the description of the blind men was not true at
all.

Saxe (n.d.) pointed that the blind men were wrong in describing the elephant. Since each of them only
felt a part of the elephant’s body, leading to a description of a wall, spear, snake, tree, fan, and rope.
However, what led them to miss the complete picture of the element was because of their incomplete
experience while touching it. Therefore, they were wrong in describing the elephant.

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