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The purpose of purpose
By tehconi | December 29, 2006
“Now we have found that this is of paramount importance to progress. We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt.
People search for certainty. But there is no certainty. People are terrified - how can you live and not know ? It’s not odd at all. You only think you know, as a matter of fact. And most of your actions are based on incomplete knowledge and you really don’t know what it’s all about, or what the purpose of the world is, or know a great deal of other things. It’s possible to live and not know.”
– From “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” by Richard P Feynman
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