Certainty
Assurance, conviction, dogmatism
QUOTES
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
Laurens Van der Post
Lost World of the Kalahari, 1958
See Also
Belief
Doubt
References
History
Charge of the Light Brigade 1856
Columbus' certainty that he could reach the Indies by sailing west.
All wars involving religion: Crusades, Northern Ireland, etc.
Martin Luther's posting on the cathedral door at Wittenburg
Arts & Science
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Statistics and probability: confidence intervals
Literature
Charles Dickens: Great Expectations
Larry McMurtry: The Last Picture Show
Luigi Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of an Author
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