“Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin
“What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.” - Bertrand Russell “The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.” - Erich Fromm “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – Voltaire “Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.” - William Congreve - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/default.asp?Display=96 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It also reveals another consequence of certainty – it leads to the insulation of the belief. If we are certain that something is true then we must protect the conclusion from falsification. So we meet challenges to the conclusion with special pleading, with denial, with ad hominem dismissals, with whatever it takes. We know our conclusion is true, so anything that calls the conclusion into question must be false. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
