13 September · An open question can remain open for today.

Uncertainty

I keep asking questions that nobody can answer yet.

A little room to breathe.13 September

Uncertainty

“πεπαιδευμένου γάρ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον τἀκριβὲς ἐπιζητεῖν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον γένος, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἡ τοῦ πράγματος φύσις ἐπιδέχεται·”

English translation

“For it is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits.”

Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics, c. 350 BCEI.3, 1094b, excerptEnglish translation by W. D. Ross (1925)Read the source ↗

An open question can remain open for today.

Some questions depend on time or information that has not arrived, no matter how carefully you think. Setting one aside is not giving up on understanding; it can be a practical acknowledgment that today's effort has reached its current limit.

ONE SMALL STEP

Write the question down and note what would need to happen before you can revisit it.

A little room to breathe.13 September

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