I've recently watched a mind-blowing BBC documentary entitled "Dangerous Knowledge". Rather than actual "knowledge", it describes the desperate search of a few brilliant mathematicians and physicists (largely ignored) for answers about how certain can we be and what can we really know about our reality. Such search is "dangerous" because its reasoning, carried to the extremes, can bring us to the edge of insanity. Basically, the result is this: logic tells us that there is absolutely non certainty to be found anywhere in the world we see and believe we know. Just think of solid matter that is not solid at all at a fundamental level.On the other hand, human beings need to be "certain" in order to feel safe. So? The conclusion can only be one: Are we mature enough to live with uncertainty? This question intrigues me and I hope it will encourage others to give it a thought. We might be inspired to examine in depth the imbalance, the shift in moods, the change in beliefs, the ups and downs that we experience in our life and towards which we are totally powerless. Can we learn to accept them serenely? Can we confidently build on them while knowing that nothing will last?
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