In the Face of Chaotic Upheaval…Work? |
How many times do we, as human beings, expect things in life to be the same? Arguably, more than we realize. When we go to the grocery store, for example, it's likely that we leave our residences believing that we'll return and our belongings will be there waiting for us. It’s also a good bet that when we’ve spent time with a friend and left their company, we think we’ll see them again in the future. Imagine what it would be like if we literally couldn’t assume anything? You get what I mean.
And yet, life is the same, until it isn’t. The philosopher David Hume wrote that we incorrectly assume what the future will bring based on what's happened before. It’s known as the problem of induction. The philosopher Bertrand Russell also wrote about the problem of induction. He essentially said that although it’s reasonable to make predictions of the future based on the past,........