This is such a great post. It’s weird; you often comment on issues that I’ve been especially focused on at the time!

My self-confidence and sense of inner peace have increased exponentially since I realized that I don’t really know anything. I can only make generalizations based on my own personal experience. And really, your daily life and relationships are so much more interesting if you stop trying to provide answers and instead step back and ask questions instead.

I’m pretty impatient in general, and I have a hard time listening to someone I disagree with (or even agree with) without jumping in and taking over the conversation. But recently I’ve realized: I already know what I believe. It doesn’t benefit me in any way to restate it, especially not to someone who doesn’t particularly care. It’s in my self-interest to hear how other people see things. And just because you listen to someone and consider their perspective, it doesn’t mean you lose your own or that you even necessarily agree with or accept it. It’s just allowing yourself to look through someone else’s glasses and seeing how different the world can look. Why wouldn’t you want to do that??

Anyway, I love your blog. And I hope that having readers who are interested in your perspective makes you feel happy and cared about. :)
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Science itself doesn’t require faith, since science is just attempting to describe observations. But if you ever believe anything because you’ve learned it using the scientific method, then you’re using faith to make that leap from subjective to objective.
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Emerson’s famous quote is: “I dislike quotations. Tell me what you know.” But sometimes it is quoted as “I hate quotations.” I have not come across it in his essays so I’m not sure at all which is right.