When we are not sure, we are alive.
About this quote
- 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
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is doubt always a sign of life?
Another view
Certainty can exist in dead systems.
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