wrote
> That's because uncertainty in any area is seen as weakness.
Very true. Authoritarians and extremists (religious or secular) traffic in false certainty, and their followers crave it worse than any drug.
"I know that I know nothing" is as good a starting point now as it was 2,500 years ago.
Charles Forsythe (npub1x5z…ucxs) Kierkegaanks regretfully (npub17pz…530t) Ricki Jorkin Depeanus Tarr (npub19zu…0jum)
David Megginson /
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2024-07-09 16:37:16
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