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Q. Is there anything you are 100% sure of?
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A. Not even my uncertainty. While I don't know philosophy, I'm aware that it's out there and that there's some doubt on a philisophical level whether reality is real. Is there really a me? You know, matrix sort of questions. Maybe I'm just a character in a really badly written cosmic novel or something.
I suspect most strongly that I exist and that reality is there. But I'm willing to entertain doubts to the contrary and don't feel I can decisively prove it. Same goes for anything. There are things I'm darn certain about. Water being wet, fire being hotter than ice, red being a color, etc. But even the things I think I know might ultimately prove to be wrong when more information is learned.
And yet, this doesn't stop me from being opinionated. I have strong political views, for instance, and a lot to say about moral issues. Even with the uncertainty that doesn't mean that I feel I can afford to not act- I need to do the best I can with the information I have. All the while remembering that I could be wrong. This means I'm a lot less likely to want to kill or imprison those who reach different conclusions from me. They might be right.
The closest I come is knowing that I can't dance well. But that doesn't always stop me from dancing anyway. And who knows, maybe there's an alternate universe where those contortions I make are considered the height of dancing prowess. So even that I'm not 100% sure of.
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