JQuinton comments on Rationality Quotes March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JQuinton 13 March 2014 03:38:10PM 5 points [-]

Certainty is the most dangerous emotion a human being can feel in politics and religion. Certainty stops all outside thought or reason. It closes the door and is a metaphorical spit in the face of anyone who disagrees. Changing one’s mind is the essence of critical thinking.

Edwin Lyngar at Salon

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 March 2014 10:39:26PM 0 points [-]

I don't think certainty is an emotion in the first place. The emotion that people who are certain feel is confidence.

Even then I think it's frequently better than anger.

Comment author: Nornagest 13 March 2014 10:47:44PM 0 points [-]

Confidence in oneself, or confidence in someone or something external? The two feel quite different to me, subjectively -- something like a feeling of lightness and elevation vs. groundedness and solidity, although English doesn't have a very good vocabulary for this sort of thing.

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