On why uncertainty and the willingness to be proven wrong are vital to intellectual and personal growth. "The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are always ready to improve our knowledge. Therefore a good scientist is never ‘certain’. Lack of certainty is precisely what makes conclusions more reliable than the conclusions of those who are certain: because the good scientist will be ready to shift to a different point of view if better elements of evidence, or novel arguments emerge. Therefore certainty is not only something of no use, but is in fact damaging, if we value reliability." ~Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000
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