The Answer Fetish: Why We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Questions (and Why the Right Ones Are Sexy) We humans have a bit of an answer fetish. We crave them like sugar, hoard them like gold, and brandish them like proof of our towering intellects. An answer feels solid, definitive, like planting a flag on … Read more
Philosophy, at its core, is the love of wisdom. The word itself derives from the Greek “philosophia,” where “philo” means love and “sophia” means wisdom. But this etymological definition only scratches the surface of what philosophy truly encompasses. Philosophy is a disciplined form of inquiry that examines fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, … Read more
Could the crack in certainty be where the light of truth seeps in? How Society Teaches Us to Fear Doubt From the moment we’re born, we’re ushered into systems built on certainty. We’re taught that good answers earn gold stars, that strong beliefs define strong people, and that questioning the rules is a threat, not … Read more