Certainty vs. Doubt Certainty and doubt are two coexisting entities that rely on each other to exist. To achieve certainty you must first acknowledge your doubts and overcome them. With this system of thought, people have become more certain in their beliefs by testing their doubts with scientific theories, historical essays, and even in everyday life. Within the areas of scientific research and experimentation, it is necessary to understand your doubts about a topic so then you can use that to…
While many people consider certainty and doubt to be opposing terms, I believe that they are two critical parts of a person’s thought process, and should be used together to improve society’s knowledge and understanding. If one of these elements is missing, a person’s thoughts can become clouded and incorrect as they either strongly believe false information, or don’t find any topics to be believable at all. If a person does not doubt facts, they are given, and they take everything at face value…
The relationship between certainty and doubt is a strong one that affects our life in big ways. This relationship can be described as constantly feeling certain but also needing a little bits of doubt to keep things tangible, realistic, while still remaining confident. To start, always have a little self doubt in order to keep things realistic. If I said I wanted to live on Mars, there would be some doubt that I could achieve this dream because living on Mars is not realistic at this point in time…