> namely the belief that you can know what the results of your actions will be with any meaningful completeness or certitude. You can't. In parallel threads, a

> namely the belief that you can know what the results of your actions will be with any meaningful completeness or certitude. You can't. In parallel threads, a subscriber to this belief mentions probabilities. As long as the probability of an outcome is likely (based on variables and formulas who defines, I don’t know), the means justify the ends. So it’s even worse than what you describe: certitude is not even required, only a likely probability of certitude.