“Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language and tools of probabilities. We have methods for analyzing and ranking opinion according to their likelihood of correctness. That is enough.” ChildrenEnoughLanguageGivenOpinionTeachHumilityToolsOur ChildrenMethodCertaintyUncertaintyTolerateProbabilityCorrectnessLikelihoodAnalyzingRanking Author:Robert A. Burton
“Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason.” KnowsStatesReasonBrainKnowingFunctionAriseCertaintyMechanismLike LoveInvoluntary Book:On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not Source: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
