It is not so much that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties. It is not only true that the test of knowledge is an acute and cultivated awareness of how little one knows (as Socrates knew so well), it is true that the unbounded areas and fields of one's ignorance are now expanding in such a way, and as such velocity, as to make the contemplation of them fantastically beautiful.
~Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
It is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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i am certain that i am going to die and go to FMS heaven. he is so wrong on this one.
you are so wrong, too. what makes you sure there is an FSM heaven or whatever kind of heaven, for that matter; or that you would--or could--go there?
Hm. Well, it depends. There are certain certainties that are absolute certainties - like whatever you drop will always fall downwards :)
true ;) there is only one certain, uncertainties!
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