Uncertainty is easily one of the most blatant plagues to the human conscience. Some of the most basic questions we ask ourselves are: “Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?” For many, not having an answer to these things causes genuine depression, existential crisis, and a fear of living life wrong and dying in a manner of regret.
Philosophers have sought to provide answers of reason to these questions by looking at science as it explains the world around us. But mere science doesn’t completely answer the human’s ability to think, feel, and dream. Nor does it properly explain why we suffer, or why uncertainty is so often a source of frustration or anxiety. No, as much as true science does its due diligence to point to a creator, there must be more than just science when mapping out the answer to why we exist.
Some intellectuals have landed on a god, while others remain steadfast that the solution to the human’s inquisitive condition is that we determine our own truth. In case of the latter, it’s often a matter of giving human beings god-like power to classify truth while still lacking god-like characteristics to enforce that truth. And, among other flaws, sheer human reasoning will never give us an ability to know all things. No matter what we learn through studying science, philosophy, psychology, or social patterns, no amount of information will ever put an end to the uncertainties we will inevitably face in this life.




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