The Absolute Certainty of Irrefutable Doubt
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 by MarkWe grow up believing–because we are told it is so–that certainty is the cornerstone of learning.
A teacher presents us with a “fact,” we memorize it and are tested on our ability to recall what the professor at the lectern posited as the gospel. If we can absorb and regurgitate it, we are anointed as magna cum laude.
