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The collapse of rational certainty | Meaningness

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Modernity was built on certainty in science and mathematics. That was revealed as delusional during the early 20th century.

I want to take you back—in imagination—to the time when the upper echelons of society had utter confidence in their own rightness, rooted in rationality and religious rectitude. For centuries, the systematic mode had provided certainty , based on those illusory understandings of meaningness . I want to show you their shock, horror, and bewilderment as their justifications fell through beneath them. Unfortunately, I cannot do that, because I am incapable of imagining such certainty. Probably you are too. I have lived all my life in a culture that constantly reinforces the message that meaning i

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