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Obviously
The ‘obviously’ false authoritative world
One of my readers once commented that he used to focus on the opposite of an idea to best understand it.
A good example is something and nothing. Our universe emerged from nothing. How, then, can a polar opposite emerge from the other?
This has been the focus of many philosophers and cosmologists. A simpler version emerges when you think about it.
If there is nothing, then there are no laws that stipulate the absence of something. Thus, because no such law exists, something happens. As a result, from nothing, we get something.
It is not obvious.
It starts with another word, the polar opposite of ‘obvious’, which is ‘perhaps’.
Perhaps creates room for inquiry. Obvious closes it.
Obvious gives the impression of certitude and authority. We love certainty. But it comes at the expense of inquiry.
