The glorious power of uncertainty

How the quest for comforting certitude works against our best interests

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I see at least two UFOs every week. If that sounds absurd to you, you are making a presumption. Technically, UFO is short for “unidentified flying object.” That means anything in the sky that you can’t identify with certainty. Is that light glimpsed through the clouds an airplane or a…