Tom Jubert / Jonas Kyratzes
"They say "doubt everything," but I disagree. Doubt is useful in small amounts, but too much of it leads to apathy and confusion. No, don't doubt everything. QUESTION everything. That's the real trick. Doubt is just a lack of certainty. If you doubt everything, you'll doubt evolution, science, faith, morality, even reality itself - and you'll end up with nothing, because doubt doesn't give anything back. But questions have answers, you see. If you question everything, you'll find that a lot of what we believe is untrue...but you might also discover that some things ARE true. You might discover what your own beliefs are. And then you'll question them again, and again, eliminating flaws, discovering lies, until you get as close to the truth as you can. Questioning is a lifelong process. That's precisely what makes it so unlike doubt. Questioning engages with reality, interrogating all it sees. Questioning leads to a constant assault on the intellectual status quo, where doubt is far more likely to lead to resigned acceptance. After all, when the possibility of truth is doubtful (excuse the pun), why not simply play along with the most convenient lie?Questioning is progress, but doubt is stagnation."
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"They say "doubt everything," but I disagree. Doubt is useful in small amounts, but too much of it leads to apathy and confusion. No, don't doubt everything. QUESTION everything. That's the real trick. Doubt is just a lack of certainty. If you doubt everything, you'll doubt evolution, science, faith, morality, even reality itself - and you'll end up with nothing, because doubt doesn't give anything back. But questions have answers, you see. If you question everything, you'll find that a lot of what we believe is untrue...but you might also discover that some things ARE true. You might discover what your own beliefs are. And then you'll question them again, and again, eliminating flaws, discovering lies, until you get as close to the truth as you can. Questioning is a lifelong process. That's precisely what makes it so unlike doubt. Questioning engages with reality, interrogating all it sees. Questioning leads to a constant assault on the intellectual status quo, where doubt is far more likely to lead to resigned acceptance. After all, when the possibility of truth is doubtful (excuse the pun), why not simply play along with the most convenient lie?Questioning is progress, but doubt is stagnation."
"يقولون "شكك في كل شيء"، لكني أختلف معهم. الشك مفيد بكميات قليلة، لكن الإفراط فيه يؤدي إلى اللامبالاة والارتباك. لا، لا تشك في كل شيء. سائل كل شيء. هذا هو السر الحقيقي. الشك مجرد غياب لليقين. إذا شككت في كل شيء، ستشك في التطور، والعلم، والإيمان، والأخلاق، بل وحتى في الواقع نفسه – وستنتهي بلا شيء، لأن الشك لا يعيد شيئًا. لكن الأسئلة لها إجابات، كما ترى. إذا سألت عن كل شيء، ستجد أن الكثير مما نؤمن به غير صحيح... لكنك قد تكتشف أيضًا أن بعض الأشياء حقيقية. قد تكتشف ما هي معتقداتك الخاصة. ثم ستسائلها مرة أخرى، ومرة أخرى، مزيلًا العيوب، كاشفًا الأكاذيب، حتى تقترب من الحقيقة قدر الإمكان.
التساؤل عملية تستمر مدى الحياة. وهذا بالضبط ما يجعلها مختلفة تمامًا عن الشك. التساؤل يتفاعل مع الواقع، مستجوبًا كل ما يراه. التساؤل يؤدي إلى هجوم مستمر على الوضع الفكري الراهن، بينما الشك غالبًا ما يؤدي إلى قبول مستسلم. ففي النهاية، عندما تكون إمكانية الحقيقة مشكوكًا فيها (معذرة على التورية)، لماذا لا نساير ببساطة الكذبة الأكثر ملاءمة؟
التساؤل تقدم، أما الشك فهو ركود."
Tom Jubert / Jonas Kyratzes
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