The Promise Of Certainty & The Illusion Of Understanding

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Parts 1 and 2 of this book's section "The Appeal Of Eternalism". Eternalism promises everything you could want from meaning: safety, support, certainty, reassurance, and control. Solid ground!

1. The promise of certainty: What we want most from meaning is guarantees. Religions, political ideologies, and other eternalist systems promise certainty; but they cannot deliver.

2. The illusion of understanding: It’s deluded to think we mostly understand issues of meaning (ethics, purpose, value, politics). Ideologies deliberately create and sustain that illusion.

Original text at: https://meaningness.com/eternalism-appeal

https://meaningness.com/certainty

https://meaningness.com/understanding

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