I grew up believing certain things where true. But I also saw that many of those things didn't make sense. So I questioned and that led to growth and new views of life.
And I realize as this new view developed that many hold fast to it just like many I knew held fast to my old beliefs and they are stuck in a "we are right, they are wrong" mentality, and the truth most likely is that we are all wrong. Certainly not to the same degree, as some stopped asking before others, so some are more wrong than others, but when we stop asking we all become wrong none the less. We may be tempted to believe in certainty, certainty is easy. We may be tempted to just believe, but believing without questioning is dangerous, it allows you to be taken advantage of by those who wish to control you. Resistance to change "knowing we are right" keeps us from growing and becoming our ever developing best. Here's a few words from Mark Manson: "Instead of striving for certainty, we should be in constant search of doubt: doubt about our own beliefs, doubt about our own feelings, doubt about what the future may hold for us unless we get out and create it for ourselves. Instead of looking to be right all the time, we should be looking for how we're wrong all the time. Because we are." Imagine if everyone had stopped asking questions and doubting thousands of years ago? We could still be in caves. This to me is the basis of the growth of humanity and especially of the scientific process. Don't accept anything as rock solid certain. Always ask questions, always doubt, and always keep moving forward to be better and ask better questions.
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