![]() ![]() ![]() We’re sometimes surprised by events not because they’re random, but because our outlook is too narrow. ![]() This kind of dogmatic thinking can result in huge surprises. How, for example, is it possible to understand medicine if you’re not aware that germs exist? You might come up with a sensible explanation for illness but it will be flawed by a lack of crucial information. Just two-hundred years ago, for example, doctors and scientists were supremely confident in their knowledge of medicine, yet today their confidence seems ludicrous: just imagine going to your doctor complaining of a common cold, and being given a prescription for snakes and leeches!īeing dogmatic about our beliefs makes us blind to those concepts that fall outside the paradigms we’ve already accepted as true. Once we have an idea about how the world functions, we tend to cling to it.īut because human knowledge is constantly growing and evolving, this dogmatic approach makes no sense. This is a talent that has allowed us to create the scientific method, philosophize about the nature of being and invent complex mathematical models.īut just because we’re able to reflect on and order the world around us doesn’t necessarily mean we’re very good at it.įor one thing, we’re inclined to be narrow-minded in our beliefs about the world. As human beings, we are particularly good at turning all of the stimuli from our environment into meaningful information. ![]()
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