Summary: Today we are talking about I Don’t Know mind. This episode deals with being humble about what we think we know and realistic in evaluating the evidence.<br> The four wisest words anybody can say is “I do not know.” More people have been killed by false certainty than by almost anything else.<br> May I confess something. When I was 19 years old I was certain of what I believed. In fact, my friends used to call me “Mr. You’re Wrong.” Now some 30 years later, I look back and realize that my beliefs were not certain. Most turned out to be wrong.<br> I heard someone once say, the larger your pool of knowledge, the greater your shores of ignorance. The more you know, the less you know. How true that statement is.<br> The best means to knowledge is science. Science isn’t perfect, but it is the surest means of knowledge. This is because it corrects for biases and blind spots. You can’t say that about religion or philosophy or political ideologies.<br> A claim that cannot be falsified should not be accepted. If it can’t be falsified, then you can never know if you are wrong. It is beyond the evidence, and hence, beyond the truth.<br> This is the strength of Agnosticism. Don’t believe beyond the available light. Accept a claim if there is sufficient evidence for it, reject it is there is little or no evidence, and suspend judgment if the evidence is inconclusive either way. It is not a shame to not know, it is a shame to be certain of what is really unknown or unknowable.<br> This applies to people too. Be careful investing your personal identity in a religion, philosophy, or ideology. My advise is to learn from all, cling to none.<br> Another thing is to not mistake what is possible for what is probable. What is probably is tied to evidence, while what is possible is a matter of logic. There are many things that are logically possible, but are not probably. That is because there is no evidence for them.<br> The reason that “I do not know” is so powerful, is because it keeps us open to the truth. The minute we know, we stop searching. Once we have the answer, we stop asking questions. Never become close-minded.<br> Please Share the Podcast<br> <br> <a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F003-not-know%2F&t=I%20Do%20Not%20Know%20%13%20003&s=100&p%5Burl%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F003-not-know%2F&p%5Bimages%5D%5B0%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fnatureissacred.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2Ffog-1120935_640.jpg%3Ffit%3D640%252C426&p%5Btitle%5D=I%20Do%20Not%20Know%20%13%20003" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F003-not-know%2F&text=Hey%2C%20check%20this%20podcast" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-google_plus nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F003-not-know%2F" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-prov..."></a>
