The Median Reality: Somewhere Between the Absolute Yes or No Lies the Truth(s)
‘The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely momentum is known in this instant and vice versa.’ - Heisenberg. ‘If a system was complete- if you could use it to prove every true statement, then it could never be free of contradictions.’ – von Neumann. ‘Fair is foul, foul is fair’ – Macbeth. ‘The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.’ – Milton. ‘People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.’ – Harper Lee. ‘It is better to live your destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of someone else’s life.’ – Bhagavad Gita. The excerpts of these great thoughts, what is it that runs through all of them? I think uncertainty, an element of doubt, creates room for differences in perspective. Not only does nature tell us this, but numeracy guides us through the same idea; politics of power dictate it, our inner voice shouts at us to consider it, our biases colour it, and finally, accepting the impe...