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What does it mean?
Uncertainty is a sign of being alive.
In plain terms
Being unsure means you are alive.
What can you take from it?
Uncertainty proves vitality.

Where it applies

  • doubt
  • reflection

Putting it to work

  • accept doubt

Questions to consider

  • Is doubt always a sign of life?

Another view

Certainty can exist in dead systems.

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