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The Arrogance of Certainty
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In this episode I look at our need to make sense of our place in the world: our pre-set reflex to find meaning. And I explore the benefits we gain when we avoid becoming rigid in our beliefs.
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References:
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Buy HERE)
Some ideas borrowed from the The Arrogance of Certainty (Or, How to Wake Up the Soul) by Julie Tallard Johnson
Quotes:
"Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human."
-Viktor Frankl
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” -Victor Frankl
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.” -Kurt Vonnegut
“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.” ― Anaïs Nin
“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.” ― W. Somerset Maugham
"I've looked at life from both sides now. From win and lose and still somehow.
It's life's illusions I recall. I really don't know life at all." —Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now
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