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In praise of bewilderment

12 mins | Aug 31, 2022
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Trading false simplicity for complicated truth. When someone is certain, it is tough to learn. “In the absence of bewilderment,” argues Alan Levinovitz, “we become like tyrants: inflexible, certain, over-confident. Rigid oppositional binaries reign supreme. Religion vs Science, Left vs Right, Us vs Them. Change is nearly impossible.”

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