How to Live
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How to Live
Person
Merlin Mann
Thought Technologies
Vices
Unwarranted Certainty
Parents
Vices
Children
"Certainty is not an indication of truth. Just because we are certain of something doesn't make it true."
"Certainty is primitive, leads to “us versus them” tribalism, and starts wars. We should be united in our uncertainty, not divided over fabricated certainty."
"Education is the process of moving from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty."
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts."
"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one."
“Anyone who tells you that they know all the answers has simply stopped learning.”
“On practicing but not believing”
“The opposite of Faith is not Doubt, but Certainty.”
“There are a lot of risks in thinking that you are acting with a lot of certainty and moral force.”
On Certainty
PD1 on Epistemology
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"We Don't Know"
Entitlement
Knowledge
Moral Certainty
Superstition
The Illusion of Knowledge