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Correct nobody has "the answers" but I don't really understand why this is new or cause for concern(not that your message totally indicated despair). It's not
by orange_fritter 4y ago
Correct nobody has "the answers" but I don't really understand why this is new or cause for concern(not that your message totally indicated despair). It's not all-or-nothing, either-or. We don't have to have 100% confidence in an outcome to recommend action, there are gray areas. It's a false dichotomy to think we know either nothing or everything(Ignoring René Descartes for a moment).
Politicians claim they are 100% certain they know how a policy will affect the economy or social environment in the future. They are lying and they know it, but humans rely on confidence as a cue for information reliability, so politicians, click-baiters, and advertisers use confidence as a rhetorical tool. This creates an environment where the simple act of saying "I'm not sure" is equivalent to saying "I'm wrong."