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Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt

December 24, 2011
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Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt

Here’s this week’s Contrary Opinion Button. Remember, you can always view all of the buttons by clicking here. Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt The original phrase, by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, was “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.” It’s uttered by a philosopher who argues that the Quest for Ultimate Truth is the inalienable prerogative of working human thinkers, and not suitable for computers. In investing, there are facts, which relate to the past, and there’s doubt and uncertainty, which characterize the future … and which you can only...

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