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This comment encapsulates how poorly we humans are at accepting unknowns. For me, that explains a lot of our belief systems. The fact we can’t just take the unk
by conductr 3mo ago
This comment encapsulates how poorly we humans are at accepting unknowns. For me, that explains a lot of our belief systems. The fact we can’t just take the unknown but instead have to fill in the blanks with what ifs. and create a narrative like we know anything about the unknown thing. It helps us feel like we understand it more. That’s literally how religions and a lot of other things get created, it’s a pattern, then the logical person sees the patterns and say it’s a simulation. A quite predictable filling of another blank.
- The_Blade 3mo ago[flagged]
- ethersteeds 3mo agoThat would be me.
- adamredwoods 3mo agoAbdication syndrome.
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- mlyle 3mo ago> and create a narrative like we know anything about the unknown thing. It helps us feel like we understand it more. In fairness, this very often helps us understand the unknown thing more.
- kelipso 3mo agoIt’s how science and discoveries are done too…
- jaapz 3mo ago"dunno" is just a really unsatisfying answer to anything Currently we don't know a lot of things - but without trying out new ideas how are you ever going to know?
- conductr 3mo agoTrying is fine. Saying you don’t know or don’t understand something is not mutually exclusive with trying to learn more
- fwip 3mo agoI'd argue that it's this same pattern-seeking drive that undergirds science. "Zeus sends the lightning, his wrath darkening the very sky," is an understandable model that connects "dark storm clouds" to a likely prediction of lightning. That urge to explain the surprising, to find the pattern, leads directly to our understanding of the cosmos.