Are we still sure about that?
In last week’s note, I introduced the idea that the certainty we adopt about issues can lead, not infrequently, to us being very wrong, and that this is true for ideas that emerge across the political spectrum. I highlight this perhaps as a caution to all of us, including those who may feel particularly certain of the rightness of their approaches in moments of electoral triumph or defeat. Today I want to build on that and return to Robert Harris’s line that “Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance.” Why did this grab me, why do I think it matters?
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