“We simply cannot understand the world as it is. And so, we construct, and it's a useful construction. And it allows us to do many amazing things, but sometimes, I just have to tell myself the thing that is definitely true, the truest things I can say, which is that I don't know.”— Hank Green, youtube.comTagged: Open-Mindedness, I Don't Know, Understanding
“It's impossible not to tie your opinions to your concept of self. And often, people tie those things so closely together that they begin defending their guesses as if they're defending their very lives. In a way, they are. This is why it can be so impossible to talk about certain topics with certain…”— Hank Green, youtube.comTagged: Open-Mindedness, Prejudice