Tag: epistemology
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Modern existence seems to always be in a ceaseless flux, in which any meaningful human endeavor seems marred by tides of disillusionment. Thus, I often find myself adrift. I’m caught between the ephemeral beauty of creation and the stark realities of a world that grows ever more cynical. The complexities of our era, with its…
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“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.” – Paul Valery, French poet and essayist. We human beings like to know things. Oftentimes, we believe we know more about a…
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“There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question.” – Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World Are some questions “dumb”? Maybe in the moment—but even the worst-formed ones come from a mental framework…
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“Insight, untested and unsupported, is an insufficient guarantee of truth.” — Bertrand Russell We love our insights, collecting them like shiny stones, tweeting them, tattooing them, and even weaponizing them in comment sections. But in our highly polarized digital age, Bertrand Russell’s warning rings louder than ever: insight alone—no matter how poetic, how emotionally satisfying—isn’t…