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Neoliberal Feudalism's avatar

Great post... I very much agree with trying to retain epistemic humility. We are limited, finite beings and our grasp of the bigger picture will always be partial. Sometimes I catch myself with thoughts of egoism, and I try consciously to put them to the side -- it's not always easy. There are a couple of Substack authors who I think have great ideas but also big egos, and I think they do a disservice to their message by not consciously reigning in that part of themselves. Maybe it's an age thing, when life beats you over the head enough times humility becomes somewhat easier to incorporate...

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Thetreasureabyss's avatar

Good post. I agree with pretty much all your points. However, I will do the exact same thing you mentioned in your post. And that is mention something you might have left out. Yes, the human experience is infinitely deep, and can't be summarized in a sentence or a paragraph or an entire book. However, I do suppose that if there exist an order to the universe, that that order can be understood. If that order can be understood, then there must be some derived truths we can presuppose as we continue exploring everything else. In our current day and age we have to continue reminding ourselves that mathematical truths are real, that there are historical truths, ect. And only from those starting point can we further investigate, or else everything is relative.

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