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Negative Capability
John Keats · 1817
"True creative genius requires the ability to comfortably exist in a state of uncertainty, mystery, and doubt without irritably reaching for facts and reason."
The poet John Keats noticed that most people hate not knowing the answer. If they face a mystery, they rush to explain it away with a quick fact or a lazy theory to relieve their anxiety.
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