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To: Stan who wrote (32964)	10/4/2001 3:06:12 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

>>But, I am absolutely sure, Mitch, and have been for over 26 years.<< I believe you. This reminds me of Through the Looking Glass where Alice says that "You can't believe in impossible things!". And the Red Queen replies (paraphrasing): Of course you can, dear! You just aren't trying hard enough. I try to believe in at least one impossible thing everyday. On good days, I can believe in at least three impossible things before breakfast. Certainty and confidence is a subjective thing... you can't reliably transfer the experience from one person to another. From an objective viewpoint, I don't think that certainty is always a positive thing in and of itself. I had a girlfriend who was absolutely sure that it was dangerous to talk on a wireless phone during a thunderstorm... that somehow the lightning would reach the handset though the base station. I'd bet that the former hijackers who rammed the world trade center were absolutely sure that they would end up in paradise, but we now have reports that they were wrong: theonion.com It seems that as humans we are all attracted to the subjective feeling of certainty, but I also tend to enjoy when previously accepted truisms are either overturned or at least shaken. Are there any subjective states that you value more than certainty?