@Zetetic11235,
Zetetic11235;84745 wrote:Ideally everyone would question everything honestly and see what is left after their questioning. They would constantly re-evaluate and try to understand what is around them. They would get used to the fear of uncertainty and embrace uncertainty but still act decisively and with certainty when it is needed.
Uncertainty is needed for evaluation, certainty is needed in a pinch.
The problem lies not in questioning everything, but in questioning everything
at once, since you cannot question something unless you assume some things are true, provisionally. If I question whether there is a tree in front of me, because I might be dreaming, then I am assuming, for the time being, that I am dreaming. Of course, only for the time being. I can question whether I am dreaming, since there is a tree in front of me, and if there is a tree in front of me, I am not dreaming.