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So there's logic behind the emotion, eh? :) Something eliminates the unknown and just leaves clear facts and logic? Yes, this is perfectly what I mean. I'm mos
by compare 12y ago
So there's logic behind the emotion, eh? :) Something eliminates the unknown and just leaves clear facts and logic? Yes, this is perfectly what I mean.
I'm most impressed by the very smart man who is able to say "I just don't know". Book smart people you'll meet will usually reduce their world down to just 2 options: good or bad, will succeed or will fail. Where's the 3rd option? -- unknown, unknowable, we will see, no emotions because I just don't know.
Admittedly, for most of my life I was never able to find a reason to believe that this 3rd option is a real thing. I always felt that "unknown" is just a temporary placeholder and that the answer is always really there, somewhere, if you're smart enough to see it. Never in all of my schooling was "unknowable and there's nothing we can do to find out" a legitimate answer.
Well, I'm not telling anyone how to think. I'm just fascinated that some people think in these 2 modes, and some in 3.
- tptacek 12y agoIf you understand the logic I was employing, your comment gives no sign of that. Epistemology is fun, but it's a tangent.