The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Most of us spend our lives trying to know more. We look things up, seek expert advice, and gather information before making decisions. In many cases when we disagree with someone, we assume that if we could just establish the facts, one of us would turn out to be right.
- ▪Most of us spend our lives trying to know more.
- ▪We look things up, seek expert advice, and gather information before making decisions.
- ▪In many cases when we disagree with someone, we assume that if we could just establish the facts, one of us would turn out to be right.
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| Original publisher | The Atlantic |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/09/wisdom-of-accepting-uncertainty/688714/?utm_source=feed |
| Publication time | 2026-09-19T08:00:00-04:00 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-19T12:51:27.628Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-19T12:51:27.628Z |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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The Wonder ReaderThe Wisdom of UncertaintyWhy accepting what we don’t know can change how we see the worldBy Rafaela JinichElena Medvedeva / GettySeptember 19, 2026, 8 AM ET ShareSave This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.How comfortable are you with saying, “I don’t know”? Most of us spend our lives trying to know more. We look things up, seek expert advice, and gather information before making decisions. In many cases when we disagree with someone, we assume that if we could just establish the facts, one of us would turn out to be right.
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